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

[mrmatt]

nice thanks for the reply richee, that sounds easier than i thought it would be somehow. i just wanted to make a metal box for mine that would mount up to the side of the trunk.

[richee3]

The custom box sounds like it will be the hardest part of your relocation. It definitely isn't difficult to do at all, and doesn't cost very much. I thought a battery relocation would be very difficult but once I got into it, the hardest part for me was taking the time to double check both sides of my firewall to make sure I wasn't drilling through any wiring. Good luck!

[mandrek]

depending on what your reasoning for the relocation is there are other placments to consider.. i plan on placeing mine, in the far rear pass corner. this would be the most out of the way for space reasons and it would also place the load in the far oposite corner of the most weight in the car, thus helping my corner balanceing for auto-x purposes.. this would also allow me to run the lines along the sheet metal, and hide/ protect the lines from damage from any tools/ equiptment from my work (alot of construction) ill take pix when it is done.

[199celica]

i simply just ran 4 gauge from the original power harness soldered them together ran it through the firewall and under the door sill and center chassis support then through the rear quarter panel next to the antenna and popped it out there where there is a big hole because i have no trunk interior because i simply don't care for it if you would like i can take pics of the whole set up.

[mandrek]

^^^^^ yeah, some pix would be nice.. good to see what others are doing.

[stephen_lee]

my relacation on the DD isnt pic worthy but i will post pics of the relocation on my V6 when i get it done

[cjh4l22]

bought a relocation kit on ebay for simplicity sake. it was ~$90 IIRC and worked perfect. grounded everything up front, ran + wire along the left side of the engine bay and down the firewall right next to the EVAP hardlines. then continued toward the back along the plastic hardline cover (using zipties to keep it in place) and up around the side of the gas tank near the driver side rear wheel well. and up through the plastic cap that is ~1foot off the rear seats on the left side. the car is a hatchback, not sure how much different it would be for a coupe.
best of luck. I might be able to do a write-up later. GL!

[Neon90424]

my battery is behind the drivers seat and have rear seat delete...a nice wood platform with a cutout so that only the top of the battery is visible

[Sunny]

Hi,

if it helps

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=76775&st=0

greetz

[Cuts_the_Pilot]

I put my battery under the drivers side seat, Just bought a slim one (has to be fully sealed battery, so either a sealed lead acid or gell cell) that keeps the weight in the middle of the car and as low as possible. Plus being under the seat it doesn't take up boot space

[richee3]

I put my battery under the drivers side seat, Just bought a slim one (has to be fully sealed battery, so either a sealed lead acid or gell cell) that keeps the weight in the middle of the car and as low as possible. Plus being under the seat it doesn't take up boot space

I would love to see a picture of this setup. Shorter wiring, closer to the engine bay, hidden battery... Sounds like a good relocation, pending the availability and cost of slim batteries in certain areas for certain members.

[Cuts_the_Pilot]

Sorry for the slow reply, I've got admin and moderator duties on 2 other sites and I don't come here very often anymore.


Ok so that's how it started many years ago.

Note. The power cable you can see in shot is for the amp only and not the power cable for the actual car.

Now its a Fullriver as that one died recently, and since I am going for lightness and speed the amp is long gone , I also installed a fuse and kill switch (out of shot)

This post has been edited by Cuts_the_Pilot: Dec 20, 2011 - 4:49 AM

[mandrek]

nice.. ! interesting to see the diffrent sheet metal under the back seats from the GT4..