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Old 05-14-2011, 11:29 PM   #1462 (permalink)
bennelson
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The other 5 batteries are under the back seat.

I still have the engine/generator in the cargo area from the plug-in hybrid experiment.

One thing I have noticed is that the nose of the car is low.

Way back when, I boosted the rear suspension to make it better handle a bunch of batteries in the back. However, I ended up moving the batteries forward a bit (to where the gas tank was) and NOT have any in the cargo/trunk area. And NOW I have 4 batteries in the front, where I used to only have one!

It looks like the car is always driving down-hill, so that must make it more efficient, right?

I might want to see about boosting the front suspension sometime, although I have no idea how to do that. This car has "McPherson Struts". Anyone know an easy way to boost those?
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