battery relocations? Options

[mrmatt]

Hey all, i was thinking about trying a battery relocation to the trunk. For the purpose of helping with our awkward weight ratio's, and make some more space in the engine bay. has anyone else tried this? any pictures of those who have? sorry if this is a waste, i didnt see much from the search on this.

[richee3]

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...&hl=battery

That's a good place to get started. I relocated my battery. It's pretty easy. I started with a junction block under the hood to connect the starter wire to my 0 gauge wire that I ran to the trunk for the battery. I picked the 0 gauge wire up from Ebay... Bullz Audio or something like that. 25 feet for like $35. 25 feet is more than enough. Then I spent $10 on a battery box, originally intended for a boat, and mounted that in my trunk. For grounding, I took the negative wire from under the hood and actually kept it on the battery and grounded to the floor of my trunk, where the rear seats bolt down in the center. Then I added an extra 4 gauge ground under the hood, connecting the chassis to the factory ground point on the transmission.

Basically, drill a hole in your firewall, run 0 gauge wire to the battery in the trunk, ground in the trunk and add an extra ground under the hood, and enjoy.

I originally used 4 gauge wire going from the battery to the starter, but that's a small wire and a long distance. The result was that the car would act like it had a dying battery and turn over slowly when I tried to start it but it would run fine after it was started. I switched to 0 gauge wire and apart from the empty space under the hood, you would never know the battery was relocated.

The extra wires laying around in my picture are for the sound system and have since been tucked, but here's a picture of my battery box.



This post has been edited by richee3: Nov 23, 2011 - 8:11 PM