Front sway bar removal

[AHaze]

Nope. The car is trying to lift on the rear driver's side. The eng itself is trying to lift on the driver's side. Battery goes on Drivers side trunk.

Driveshaft rotates CCW as viewed from the rear of the car. With a live axle, this plants the left tire and unloads the right. A live axle with an open differential spins the right rear the vast majority of the time. I'm no drag racing expert but why wouldn't you want the extra weight over the tire that's being unloaded?

 

[JC SSP]

I am not going to argue but I have had a couple of battery relocation kits (80' T/A and 88' LX 5.0L) and they were always placed at the right rear of the vehicle. Both cars had Posi-traction so no issue with a one-wheel spinning. I used "0" gauge welding cable with a marine box, very simple and inexpensive.

The way I understood it, move weight to the rear for better traction and offset the driver's weight by putting it on the opposite corner (I am 200lb) for better weight distribution. FYI Our FHP used to put sandbags in the trunk of their 5.0L interceptors because they were tail happy... especially in the rain.

Jegs instructions:

10275: Installation Instructions for Single Battery Relocation Kit

Installation Instructions for 10275 Single Trunk-Mount Battery Kit. Read all of the instructions before beginning your installation. Locate a desirable position for the battery (batteries). Ideally the area behind the right rear tire is the best location for weight transfer.

answers.jegs.com

 

[Midlife Crises]

Tires or tires and wheels would be a good place to start looking for traction. Then you will find the soft rubber bushings in the stock suspension to be troublesome. Poly bushings in the control arms (upper and lower) will help avoid wheel hop and improve handling.
Think about adjustable shocks and struts. You can set them for comfort, reset them for aggressive cornering and adjust them again for the strip.

 

[Midlife Crises]

If you want weight transfer, move the heavy start battery to the trunk...on the drivers side.

I have always seen the battery relocated to the passenger side rear behind the axle. Oval track yahoos put the battery on the left side behind the driver.

 

[Dino Dino Bambino]

The pass seat comes out pretty quickly. For hardcore strip use, even if ur wife went with u to the strip, it's easily removed.....then u can dump a lotta weight.

The rear seat back/bottom weighs 31.5lb and the skinny spare wheel with tire weighs 28.5lb, so that's 60lb right there. The trunk floor mat plus the factory scissor jack, handle, and lug nut wrench weigh ~10lb so that's ~70lb. Running with a 1/4 tank of gas saves another ~75lb, and the front passenger seat with mounting bracket weighs ~45lb, making the total ~190lb.

The problem is that most of the weight reduction is above the rear wheels thereby unloading them and reducing tire grip.

I have always seen the battery relocated to the passenger side rear behind the axle. Oval track yahoos put the battery on the left side behind the driver.

The battery is usually relocated to the rear passenger side of the trunk of an S197 because there's more floor space there to mount it. This also makes more sense as it partially offsets the weight of the driver sitting on the opposite diagonal of the car. The aim is to balance the corner weights as much as reasonably possible WITH THE DRIVER sitting in the car.

Oval track racers place more weight on the driver's side because their cars are always turning left and this constantly places more load on the passenger side tires.