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Originally Posted by seank
Supposedly for car balance to offset the heavier drivers side, and driver side engine. The rear passenger side is the lightest section of the car, so they put your 40lb batter there. Performance over storage space.
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They screwed that theory up with dual mufflers then. A lower center of gravity would have been a smarter pursuit, I'd have thought. Forego storage altogether.
Much like the S.I. coupe has a below deck battery and single exhaust box. They could have easily matched that configuration and created the proper flow rate for performance. The additional 70hp wouldn't have even noticed if massaged right.
There was also all kinds of space between the cabin and firewall behind the interior covers.