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Old 2006-03-28, 01:42 PM   #18
sperry
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Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata
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Originally Posted by cody
Ideally you'd want to have a heavy object as close to the back seat as possible. The closer heavy objects get past the wheels in the front or the back, the more likely they are to affect handling.

I keep my amp and door speakers mounted and just remove the sub from the trunk for events. The stereo still works as long as I remember to tape the sub's speaker wires so they don't make contact with themselves or a ground.
On a car that's about 60/40 f/r weight bias, you *want* weight behind the rear tires because that helps bring the weight bias closer to 50/50 the most. Adding weight over the rear axle, or worse in front of it, doesn't help as much.

The reason battery relocations are usually done to the extreme right rear of the car is so they help the f/r bias the most, as well as offset the weight of the driver on the left side of the car.
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