Trunk mounted battery

[Xplantdad]

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[mockingbird812]

"He should actually be the admin of the Day 2 section."


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[Salvatore]

and you..... El Presidente!

[bbbentley]

Is a battery disconnect (kill switch), Day II correct?

[bbbentley]

????

[Spooky]

In our area, I don't remember any. We did put the batterys in the trunk

[Bernhard]

I only remember seeing them at the track in the early 80's never before.
Should look to see when Moroso and other possible vendors offered them first for sale.

[x33rs]

I seem to remember NHRA didn't implement the cutoff switch rule right away when batteries were relocated. I think that rule came later. So in my eyes I'm thinking like Bentley and would tend to believe it's not technically a "day 2" mod. More like a late 70's mod out of necessity if you want to hit the track with a battery in the trunk.

I'd bet someone here remembers when that rule was implemented.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by x33rs

I seem to remember NHRA didn't implement the cutoff switch rule right away when batteries were relocated. I think that rule came later. So in my eyes I'm thinking like Bentley and would tend to believe it's not technically a "day 2" mod. More like a late 70's mod out of necessity if you want to hit the track with a battery in the trunk.

I'd bet someone here remembers when that rule was implemented.

We ran our GTO up through 1974 without a battery cutoff switch (still doesn't have one).

The car was delivered new with the battery already mounted in the truck (the battery was sitting on a re-purposed production battery tray).

K

[x33rs]

Thanks Keith,
My guess was late 70's when that rule came into play from what I remember. So at least with your information we can safely say it wasn't in affect up through at least 1974.