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Plymouth Barracuda Bracket Race Car Battery Relocation

We mounted our Optima red-top battery in the trunk of our race car for better weight distribution. The more weight over the rear tires, the better the car will hook up. the battery needs to be held down with 31/48-inch minimum diameter threaded rod to be NHRA legal. A quality dry-cell battery is mandatory since we won't run an alternator on this car, so we chose Optima.
Plymouth Barracuda Bracket Racer - The B3 Bomber

 We mounted our Optima red-top battery in the trunk of our race car for better weight distribution. The more weight over the rear tires, the better the car will hook up. the battery needs to be held down with 31/48-inch minimum diameter threaded rod to be NHRA legal. A quality dry-cell battery is mandatory since we won't run an alternator on this car, so we chose Optima.  View Related Article

 

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