I did some more research this weekend, taking the battery bracket assembly that
bolts to the front side of the passenger footwell to several battery suppliers.
One
said "No problem, a Honda Civic battery will fit" . I verified that at the local
Sears store where I actually tried a Group 51 battery. Perfect on the long
dimension and actually small on the short dimension. Height doesnt look to be a
problem. Die Hard version has about 490 cold cranking amps. Looks like I will go
with that one. That size is also available with reversed terminals. Seeing that
I
will be making up new battery leads, it doesn't seem to make a difference which
side the positive and negative terminals are located as it seems to on some
modern
cars.
Looking over the "before" pictures I took back in 1986, the ground lead for the
battery was actually connected to one of the manifold studs on the engine. I
believe i'll be relocating that to the chassis.
Best to all.
Bob Tescione
mogman@rpa.net
BobTescione wrote:
> Let me clarify my situation a bit. My car is an M chassis Vixen. Heater mounts
> on top of passenger side (LHD) footwell. Battery bracket/tray mounts with 5
> bolts thru the front side of passenger footwell and sits between footwell and
> wheel arch. Battery bracket is welded up from flat stock and angle irons. The
> dimension of the tray seemed small to me (9 1/4" x 6 3/8"). Im used to a
>larger
> battery in my toy cars - usually like a group 24. I do plan to spread the load
> a bit with some support to the mounting from the inside of the passenger
> compartment - likely a "sandwich" of some type as was suggested.
>
> Thanks
> Bob Tescione
> mogman@rpa.net
>
> "Hill, Stephen M EDUC:EX" wrote:
>
> > Same thing happened to my car. I drilled a couple of holes throught the top
> > of the footwell, and with some threaded rods in the holes, tightened down
> > nuts above and below the glass. This created solid studs between which the
> > battery sits, sandwiched between the glass and a rectangular frame you can
> > buy at any old auto place. Cheap. One day I intend to replicate the whole
> > thing in stainless, but not change the design at all.
> >
> > Stephen
> > 2500
> > > ----------
> > > From: Dr John Upham[SMTP:webmaster@ukmotorsport.com]
> > > Reply To: Dr John Upham
> > > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 4:13 PM
> > > To: DonDavis@aol.com
> > > Cc: mogman@rpa.net; tvr@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: Vixen Batteries
> > >
> > > DonDavis@aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Did the Vixen have a battery tray to start with? My battery was just
> > > sitting
> > > > on the fiberglass with a hold down bracket when I bought the car. I put
> > > it
> > > > into a battery box later.
> > > >
> > > > Don
> > >
> > > There was no try as such (sitting on top of the GRP) A clever touch by
> > > the factory was to bond a bit of steel sheet into the GRP over the
> > > passenger
> > > foot well box. In time, this rotted and split open the GRP. Good
> > > foresight
> > > don't you think?
> > >
> > > JU
> > >
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