E30 battery location

[orangecurry]

so which cars had it in the boot please?

All cabbies have it in the engine compartment, where God intended.

Touring?
Saloon?
Coupe?
pre-post facelift?

thanks

[wildeian]

Mtec 2 sport (coupe) in the boot!

Tourer under the bonnet

[DanThe]

All 325i's and M3's have it in the boot.

Where it belongs

[zaust]

All 325i's and M3's have it in the boot.

Where it belongs

Agreed,(except cabs) It's a perfect balance thing..

[Dan318-is]

All 325i's and M3's have it in the boot.

Where it belongs

My iS will soon! Battery kit doesnt look like fun though!

[DanThe]

All 325i's and M3's have it in the boot.

Where it belongs

Agreed,(except cabs) It's a perfect balance thing..

Why the hell did they bung that lump of iron in the boot when they could of used a dirty great battery instead

2 birds 1 stone......

[jmc330i]

All 325i's and M3's have it in the boot.

All 325i saloons and M3s in the boot.

325i tourings and the rest of the E30 range have them up front.

[orangecurry]

Mtec 2 sport (coupe) in the boot!

Tourer under the bonnet

but JMC330i says your battery is up front

[jmc330i]

Mtec 2 sport (coupe) in the boot!

Tourer under the bonnet

but JMC330i says your battery is up front

No I dont.

Just to clarify - saloon/coupe (4dr/2dr) same thing in my eyes.

[bigkev]

is there a kit to fit the bat into the boot?

[SPADGE]

is there a kit to fit the bat into the boot?

Yes in scrapyards all over the country in 325's

[Cokinhas320is]

325i tourings and the rest of the E30 range have them up front.

My 325ix tourings battery are on the boot...

[Richy325iTouring]

is there a kit to fit the bat into the boot?

yep
i hve one

[SPADGE]

325i tourings and the rest of the E30 range have them up front.

My 325ix tourings battery are on the boot...

You mean like a rear spoiler

[Cokinhas320is]

Sorry my english is a little rusty

[jmc330i]

325i tourings and the rest of the E30 range have them up front.

My 325ix tourings battery are on the boot...

You mean like a rear spoiler

Sorry my english is a little rusty

I think its safe to say its still better than most.

325iX isnt a UK model so Im not sure about those - I did have a look at a 325iX touring a couple weeks back, but cant honestly remember seeing the battery

[eko]

All 325i's and M3's have it in the boot.

Where it belongs

My iS will soon! Battery kit doesnt look like fun though!

Dan,not that bad to fit at all,took me about an hour or so to do mine

[ravennexus]

Mtec 2 sport (coupe) in the boot!

Tourer under the bonnet

From what I've seen the rear interior space in a 2 door E30 is the same as a 4 door. therefore it's not a coupe, it's a 2 door saloon (sorry for demolishing wilding accepted concepts.)

but anyway, my 1987 325i SE auto along with a few other choice options.

[topspark]

Excuse my ignorance of this topic but , was there a good justified reason for the battery on 325's and m3's to be in the boot??
Or was it a space factor under the bonnet??
confused ??

lee

[DanThe]

More weight behind the front wheels and less weight in front of/over the front wheels

[ravennexus]

basically to improve the weight distribution closer to a 50/50 split. they were designed as a bit of a drivers cars which is also why the fuel tank is in front of the rear axle, this means that as it empty's it doesn't upset the handling as much as cars which had it hanging out the back (my old volvo had this)

[Dan318-is]

All 325i's and M3's have it in the boot.

Where it belongs

My iS will soon! Battery kit doesnt look like fun though!

Dan,not that bad to fit at all,took me about an hour or so to do mine

Pm sent

[mark_i]

I was asking the same question a while back and conclude that the battery in the rear was to balance the weight of water taht gets to fill up the space where the (rusty) jack is...

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ttery+boot

[orangecurry]

thanks for the replys - I wasn't asking WHY, I was asking which ones had the battery 'where'.

I've found a boot tidy for a battery-NOT-in-the-boot E30, so I wondered which models it would fit.