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Question about Battery rules... #1082028 09/25/11 10:51 AM 09/25/11 10:51 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 21,345 Marysville, O-H-I-O 70Cuda383 OP Too Many Posts
70Cuda383 OP Too Many Posts Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 21,345 Marysville, O-H-I-O	I know that if you relocate your battery from the engine bay, you're supposed to add a kill switch to be legal. but, with all the newer cars coming with factory trunk mounted batteries, are the tracks being strict on this rule? do they make those guys install a kill switch? what makes a factory trunk located battery "safer" than a relocated battery? Photobucket sucks

Re: Question about Battery rules... [Re: 70Cuda383] #1082029 09/25/11 03:21 PM 09/25/11 03:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,542 BROOK PARK, OH WILD BILL Senior Member of the Junior Dragster Club
WILD BILL Senior Member of the Junior Dragster Club Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,542 BROOK PARK, OH	The rule for a Kill Switch is it's need if the battery is relocated. I would assume then that a factory trunk mounted battery would not have to have a master kill switch. Is it safer? I doubt there is any difference other than the odds of a car like that going much faster than it does on the highway are slim.

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