relocate battery?

[SteelBlueGT]

But will The Dyna-bat live as long as the Optima?

[Stephen R.]

Sounds like even the battery can benefit from a cold air intake! Quoting the tech article:

"The high, underhood (engine bay) temperatures of the turbocharged models make it desirable to move the battery away from the engine and into the rear storage compartment. The fact that SLA batteries cannot leak and have very low outgassing makes them ideal for this. Moving the battery out of the engine bay provides much needed space for aftermarket devices like water injection or boost control, plus it marginally decreases the front-heavy weight bias of our cars."

Utilizing this battery and relocating it would probably be considered a more 'extreme' mod with pluses & minuses.