Okay, I want to put a Battery in my Passenger storage bin. I would like to have nice Optima battery in there, but the cost is prohibitive.

I also have a brand new Marine starting battery 850CCA that I would like to use.

My question is, how can I propery vent it?? and if my Haltech is mounted in the bin also, is there a chance that it might be damaged from acid vapors or something?

 

Get a battery box from Summit or elsewhere... hydrogen gas in your car interior can lead to an inflamatory experience

 

I was planning on getting a box, but I still have to vent it to the outside air, dont I???

 

Yes...
Youve spent nearly a grand on a Haltech for performance.. I say it would be worth saving up 100 for an Optima for your own safety

 

the haltech was only 800 shiped for a termed kit. But that doesnt matter.

your probably right, a optima is the way to go.

 

I just bought a taylor NHRA approved battery aluminum battery box.

It installs by mounting it by drilling thru the floor and bolting it from underneath the car and it has a special hose which vents the interior of the box aswell as drains the acid if the battery was to burst.

$150 canadian

 

the smallest optima is $90.

 

 

dats purdy...i see you did the duct tape trick at one time.......

 

An Optima is the way to go especially in a closed compartment as susceptible to rusting as the storage bin. That was the main reason I swapped to an Optima in my Fiesta. The battery had been relocated to the rear spare tire well area, and there was mucho corrosion that I had to neutralize with a baking soda/water slurry.
When the alternator quit charging recently, I ran the car for three days on just the Optima's charge before I replaced the alternator.

 

Try http://www.gotbatteries.com/Productp...ctNum=37L105S1

You can find full information on it at the Hawker site. http://www.hepi.com/default.htm

 

i'll post some pics of mine