Topic: 3.4.G.2 Battery rule change “substantial metal strongly retained”
We are finishing up getting ready for Gingerman next week. We almost missed this rule change for this year. Our battery is solidly retained by the OEM factory mount which was never questioned before by the judges. New rule adds the metal across the top. With limited space around the battery in the Mark VIII we are looking at some options to get ourselves in spec. One idea is the use of all-thread on either side of the battery, through the chassis and backed up by washers/nuts underneath and then a 1.5”-2” steel plate across the top and secured to the all-thread with nuts and washers there also. Is this acceptable, or do we need to figure out some way for a U shaped bracket to go up over and back down over the battery. If I can get an image to work, hopefully you can see the all-thread plan. This would be in addition to the OEM bracket of course.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eP6oEA … J6B6y/view