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When I got my TA the battery tray was just a bent up thin piece of steel that was help in place my sheetmetal screws...the batteries own weight would pop the screw out...I never found a replacment, made my own. You could always go to a JY and look for a good one.
My firebird seems to have a generic one, its metal housed in a rubbery plastic, so it wont rust, and has a million holes and cross things, so you could bolt it on any way you want. I was too lazy to find the right bolts, so its held in place with 4 zip ties, also no rust issues there.
I can wrestle with it all i like, theres no play in it.
Yeah that uni-body battery tray was not one of GM's better
design decisions. I'm looking at the same problem, and the
probable solution will be to remove what's left, clean & prep
the remaining structure, then attach a generic aftermarket
unit, with stainless fasteners.
Yeah that uni-body battery tray was not one of GM's better
design decisions. I'm looking at the same problem, and the
probable solution will be to remove what's left, clean & prep
the remaining structure, then attach a generic aftermarket
unit, with stainless fasteners.
The only route to go is to weld the new tray in like the old one. Been there and done this repair.
like I said before. When I got my 84 the battery tray was just a piece of thin bent steel held in place with screws...sucked. I welding in a nice piece. For that extra strength I had the local machine shop bead roll some lines in it.
I like that tray from summit. I need to replace my stocker soon.
The only performance gain to be had would be less weight, right? If we found a lightweight yet similar strength alternative, is there any reason we couldn't do the other front corner to save even more weight?
Yes, uni-body, crashworthy, yada. The factory design is akin to layered beer cans. There is a reason it's designed that way, but firming up the very front corners will be negligable in my opinion. Any weaker and the battery will fall through the car.
like I said before. When I got my 84 the battery tray was just a piece of thin bent steel held in place with screws...sucked. I welding in a nice piece. For that extra strength I had the local machine shop bead roll some lines in it. 
