 Wow! Look at all of that space!, Battery Relocation! |
 Sep 5, 2009 - 2:40 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Jan 10, '06 From Mozambique, Africa Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%)  |
Today I decided to relocate my battery. I'm a novice with electrics so I was a bit hesitant about doing it, but all came out fine and I'm pretty pleased with myself.
Before:  More painful moments of drilling holes into my car.    I didn't jack the car up or I would have noticed that I could have run the cable through the plastic guard instead of tiestripping it to it. Oh well. Project for another day.   Finished product!  And, TA-DAAA! More space? For what, I don't know. But I'll think of something. 
--------------------  "Remember, amateurs built the ark and professionals built the Titanic. But revolutionaries built the Celica!"- Me |
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Sep 7, 2009 - 12:23 AM
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Hey dude, I don't know how safe it is to run that positive cable underneath the car like that, I had lifted my carpet and tucked it underneath.. underneath the rear seats, behind the rear speaker plastics, thru underneath the carpet by the door sill and up through the firewall loom rubber boot i put a 12mm hole in it.
Also its best if you run 2 ground cables, one to the chassis at the back and the other to the original bolt on the engine block. -- We had cold start troubles after having an immobiliser alarm installed, due to not grounding at the engine. adding in this ground to the engine solved the problem. -------------------- Mike W
1996 Toyota Celica ST205 GT-FOUR GT2860RS turbine, TiAL mvr44, JE 86.5φ piston, Clutchmasters FX400, APEX P-FC 269awhp / 273ft-lbs |
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Sep 7, 2009 - 1:11 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 10, '06 From Mozambique, Africa Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
QUOTE (delusionz @ Sep 7, 2009 - 7:23 AM)  Hey dude, I don't know how safe it is to run that positive cable underneath the car like that, I had lifted my carpet and tucked it underneath.. underneath the rear seats, behind the rear speaker plastics, thru underneath the carpet by the door sill and up through the firewall loom rubber boot i put a 12mm hole in it. Also its best if you run 2 ground cables, one to the chassis at the back and the other to the original bolt on the engine block. -- We had cold start troubles after having an immobiliser alarm installed, due to not grounding at the engine. adding in this ground to the engine solved the problem. Thanks! I had read about the cold start issue before. If you look at the 5th picture, you'll notice right by the cone filter, the tip of my engine bay ground that used to be the original negative terminal. I'll probably end up doing what you suggested with the positive cable just to give it a cleaner look. Thanks for the tips! -------------------- "Remember, amateurs built the ark and professionals built the Titanic. But revolutionaries built the Celica!"- Me |
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Slick Wow! Look at all of that space! Sep 5, 2009 - 2:40 PM
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