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thanks for posting, I like the idea .... even making the standard battery sit lower would be a good thing ... I wonder if using a bigger battery would reduce the battery issues on these cars
Thanks For Posting Rod! Got The Noodle Thinking Right Out of The Gate For Me!
For Future Use I'm Posting Tray Screen Shots as When Link Goes Bad We Will No Longer Have Pics For Reference.
I Have Done Some Research and Found an Inexpensive Oem Tray Which I Feel Could Be Adapted Fairly Easily and Use a Larger Battery. Be Aware The Gen 1 S-197 Cable Positions Are Positive By Engine and Gen II S-197's are Negative By Engine So Placement of Terminal Must Be Considered. Also Gt-500 Trays Are a Bit Different as Well. Not Going In- Depth at This Point But Wanted To Save Pics For Reference. Pics are From Gen II Setup. Too Bad The Battery Groups are Listed on the Tray But Pretty Much Illegible. See Pic with AR3Z-10732-XX Part Number. Pretty Clever. They Took The Oem Part Number & Changed Suffix To Look Oem With The XX.
I Do Believe A Bigger Battery Would Help With The Drain Issues & Would Love to Have a Group 65 Battery in My Shelby if Doable. I Use Those in Most of My Cars & They Hold Up Well in Them! I Actually Have Some Display {EMPTY} Group 65's So Some Trial Fitting Would Be Pretty Easy For Me as They Weigh Next To Nothing For Fitting Trials.
As Far As The Tray Listed I Think it is a Nice Piece and Who Knows What it Costs To Produce in Small Numbers So Don't Beat Em Up Too Bad on Price Point. He is Likely To Adjust if Cost Allows if Sales are Slow or May Just Discontinue if Interest is Not Good Enough. Not Everybody Wants To Adapt Things But That is in My Nature Retrofitting Oem Parts From One Year or Model To The Other So Be Advised If You Are Liking This Item May Want to Latch on To One as They May Disappear as Easily as They Appeared!
Also Realize a Non Stock Hood Could Alter Clearance as Well! Just Need To Keep Mind Open as You Don't Want Battery Terminals Rubbing on Anything!
9/12/24, 04:33 AM
