trunk mounted battery.....

[wmhjr]

Bad comparison. My mb also has trunk mounted batteries, as did my bmws. Take a look at how much protection those cables get compared to most muscle cars with relocated batteries and you'll think twice. It's not essential, but remember that my mb and other cars also don't have a fire extinguisher. My gto does. Beyond that, there's a reason nhra and ihra both require master shutoff switches for cars with relocated batteries. If we were to simply emulate oem, there are a lot of things we would do differently.