Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
so heres what im doing about the battery. Turns out there is not enough room for the big mercedes diesel size battery to sit behind the passenger seat and still have room for the exhaust, so I had to move it to the other side of the driveshaft, even then it was a bit snug.
here is where the battery will live-
Here is the battery cage, I went a little overboard on the construction of this and may have heavily overbuilt it, on the left side in the pic there is a reinforced armor plate just in case there is a driveshaft issue. It should be able to take a major hit and be fine.
basically its just a stock MB battery tray in an angle iron structure-
The weight of this thing with the battery included might necessitate an inner piece to sandwich the floor instead of hanging from it
The plan is to predrill holes around this for splash shields and make those out of plastic sheet later on. I want to get it in and see if that makes sense.