Relocating battery to hatch.., wiring? Options

[mark_426]

Hey guys

those of you who have relocated the battery to the hatch - how did you do it?

Did you run two leads back to the hatch, basically extending the old leads? Or did you just ground it in the back somewhere?

What gauge wire did you use?

Any suggestions on where/how to hide wires, or run them through the firewall?

thanks

[yellowchinaman]

TEAMFaint> You mean something like this?


I'm using a caterham banner battery which is tiny and light weight.
Made my own battery tray out of aluminium.
My build was always about balancing weight and trying to keep it performing like or better than stock.
This is actually an old pic. Since my battery is properly strapped down and my intake has changed and I saved more weight removing the original battery tray by drilling out the welding points.

What I found with many DIY relocations in the boot is that many people suffered weak start up and poor earthing.
Doesn't matter if you earth 5-10 points in the boot you should really earth it close to the front, to the alternator and even onto the engine.
DO NOT USE JUMP CABLES! Unless you want it burning up as I have personally experienced when the cables melted and end burnt off.

IF you want it in the boot, go to the salvage yard and find a BMW. They tend to have the batteries in the boot so salvage the cabling from them and wire it in the same way. Cheap and effective.

This post has been edited by yellowchinaman: Sep 25, 2012 - 2:24 PM