I figured I'd try to at least get a little bit more work done while I wait for the turbo to show up.
I wanted to mount the battery in the rear to keep the engine bay clean, but I didn't want it in a huge battery box sitting in the corner of the hatch. Because of my desire to have a subwoofer in the spare tire well, there really isn't enough room to squeeze a battery in there too. While pondering solutions to my dilema, I discovered a void between the driver side spare tire well and the framerail. I've been on a cutting and welding kick lately, so naturally, I did some more cutting and welding...
Cut the spare tire well to the general width of a car battery:
I needed to fabricate a box that would let me cheat the battery closer to the framerail. Here is what I came up with:
Mocked up:
Here is why I needed to push the battery as far over as I could:
I decided that I am NOT going to use that subwoofer/enclosure. It sits too high for my liking. I will have to frame the false floor up very high to hide the speaker and I think doing that will look strange. I'm going to shop around for a shallow-type subwoofer and enclosure that won't sit so high above the floor level in the hatch.
Any audio guys know of a decent shallow subwoofer and enclosure setup? I still want to drive it with my amplifier. I don't need anything with earth shattering base, just something that will pick up the lows nicely.
I also need to come up with some way to secure the battery to the floor.