[DeTomaso] Drop battery box

[Julian Kift]

Rob,
I'm not sure that the space available in the front trunk between the bulkhead and steering rack will allow for a 'full size' battery, but there are plenty of options available with high CCA that will fit. My later GT5 had a drop battery box from the factory and it is like the drop battery box that Byers is now producing, which is essentially a hung plate. I always imagined this would provide better battery cooling than a fully enclosed box, which is what most vendors were selling for a long while.
http://precisionproformance.com/ft1080.php
I also have a stainless Hall Pantera battery box around here somewhere, it has the rear side longer (higher) than the front as the front trunk is not parallel to the ground so buying the battery box specific to a Pantera is IMO the best way to go.
Some further info on the PI bulletin board;
http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/7890077274/m/3950052635
Julian
> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:25:04 -0400
> From: rob at dumoulins.net
> To: DeTomaso at poca.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Drop battery box
> 
> All,
> 
> When I got my barn-find car, it had not had brakes for a while due to a
> major leak in the lines leaving the shuttle valve. I replumbed all that
> years ago but could tell, there was serious brake fluid damage under the
> carpet. Today, I pulled the carpet on my quest to redo the front trunk. No
> surprise, the original body paint is all peeled up but luckily I found only
> surface rust.
> 
> While I have the trunk apart, I want to drop my battery and clean up the
> front trunk look. I run an Optima, but do not necessarily want to restrict
> my size to it forever and would rather plan for a full-size option.
> 
> Is the drop box a simple battery box you can get from Jegs or Summit
> (below) or do I need to buy one from a vendor. What have you all done?
> 
> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/tay-48200/overview/
> 
> Rob DuMoulin
> 904.476.8744
> rob at dumoulins.net
> www.kbsi.co
> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rob-dumoulin/0/1b6/58
> _______________________________________________
> 
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
> 
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at poca.com
> http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso