Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project
I got all my Moroso Gear in the mail. I got the battery disconnect for the outside of the car, and the battery box.
I can see why they'd want you to have the battery in this kind of box. It was about $70 and I can see it's way ahead of the $5.00 Walmart box I did have.
It comes with two huge through bolts with large fender washers, a zinc plated hold-down for the top of the battery, and the whole box has 1/2 turn screw releases to get the lid off. Then they include weather stripping for the box and a vent tube which attaches to a hole you drill through the floor of the car. I'll leave the hose somewhere remotely visible, in case someone wants to inspect it.
The battery switch is also not that ugly, I just have to find somewhere to put it. I'm still thinking behind the license plate, but maybe somewhere in the "DODGE" tail panel or somewhere less conspicuous. It'll take some thought as wherever I mount it it has to disable everything.
I made up some tool boxes that are getting bolted to the opposite side of the trunk as well. They will be on the opposite side.
I basically tore the whole trunk apart while the car is just sitting and I'm redoing all of it to look nicer and have more space. The subwoofer box is out and a stealth setup is what I'm making now to get back half my trunk. The spare will sit above the gas tank, similar to how a Crown Victoria or Mercury is set up. It will also have a carpet cover over it, and it'll look nice. This should drop about 30lbs off the trunk area.
I used flashing to hold my ply down while the insulator cures. Then I will glass over the whole thing to smooth it out and strengthen it. The material of choice is FinBirch Aircraft grade plywood, used for constructing aircraft firewalls. I've run this setup in the last three cars I've owned and it always works out well. I got window flashing to hold it down while the stuff sticks. I also coated the lower part of the spare tire well with paint and scraped off the surface rust. It's ugly now, but trust me it'll look good when I'm done.
This was the civic I used to have where I did it, except this time I think the sub will sit right side up since i have the depth to use. Pretty subtle. The construction was the same.
I got all my Moroso Gear in the mail. I got the battery disconnect for the outside of the car, and the battery box.
I can see why they'd want you to have the battery in this kind of box. It was about $70 and I can see it's way ahead of the $5.00 Walmart box I did have.
It comes with two huge through bolts with large fender washers, a zinc plated hold-down for the top of the battery, and the whole box has 1/2 turn screw releases to get the lid off. Then they include weather stripping for the box and a vent tube which attaches to a hole you drill through the floor of the car. I'll leave the hose somewhere remotely visible, in case someone wants to inspect it.
The battery switch is also not that ugly, I just have to find somewhere to put it. I'm still thinking behind the license plate, but maybe somewhere in the "DODGE" tail panel or somewhere less conspicuous. It'll take some thought as wherever I mount it it has to disable everything.
I made up some tool boxes that are getting bolted to the opposite side of the trunk as well. They will be on the opposite side.
I basically tore the whole trunk apart while the car is just sitting and I'm redoing all of it to look nicer and have more space. The subwoofer box is out and a stealth setup is what I'm making now to get back half my trunk. The spare will sit above the gas tank, similar to how a Crown Victoria or Mercury is set up. It will also have a carpet cover over it, and it'll look nice. This should drop about 30lbs off the trunk area.
I used flashing to hold my ply down while the insulator cures. Then I will glass over the whole thing to smooth it out and strengthen it. The material of choice is FinBirch Aircraft grade plywood, used for constructing aircraft firewalls. I've run this setup in the last three cars I've owned and it always works out well. I got window flashing to hold it down while the stuff sticks. I also coated the lower part of the spare tire well with paint and scraped off the surface rust. It's ugly now, but trust me it'll look good when I'm done.
This was the civic I used to have where I did it, except this time I think the sub will sit right side up since i have the depth to use. Pretty subtle. The construction was the same.
