Hi guys, anyone do this yet?? Particualrly in 4th Gens. but any will do.
I am thinking about getting a small light weight battery and mount it into the trunk. I am hoping it will fit in the wheel well but if not I want to put it on the right side of the car in the trunk.
Any ideas??? Advice??

 

did you want to learn how to? i thing they have it at ntpog.com or .net. or did you want to know why they do it?

 

I think http://www.summitracing.com offers trunk relocation kits.

 

i got s summit battery relocation kit for 50 dollars shipped. comes with everything u need.

 

AWESOME. Can you psot the details how you did it?? I really want to do this. I am going to get a lightweigth battery and mount it on the pass. side in the trunk.
I am wondering how I can best run the cables through the car and to the starter.
Thanks

 

Firewall. You might have to punch your own hole, and get a good graumit (?) so the wire won't rub and short out. As for a good battery, you could go with a Mini-Red Cap optima, they are fairly small (about the same size as a 98 civic's battery) but has over 900 CCA.

 

NICE. You have any pics of it??

 

I see.
So when you ran it through the pass. side fender well is there a existing hole that you can run the wire through or do you have to drill a hole???

 

Yes, it's solid wire, you want stranded. DC flows over wires, so the more surface area, the more power transfer (amps). With house wire, it's solid, so you get very very small surface area. AC goes thru wires, so solid wire is fine for those applicatins.

BTW> when you say in via the fender, you don't mean you looped it by the door do you? If so, DO NOT do this, as it's very poor practice and opening and closing the door can eventually take away the insulation.


[Modified by rjr162, 6:23 PM 1/6/2003]

 

There is a guy on EBAY that sells battery relocation kits that are the BEST for the money.....he's out in Las Vegas if I remember correctly, that's where I got mine for like 40 shipped or something. He used welding wire for the cables.....
I put mine in my trunk also, let me know if you want pics of stuff.....
Brian

 

I did mine with a summit box and relocation kit (0 gauge cable).

 

AWESOME!! Thanks guys. I didn't realize so many of you actually did this. SilverLudeSi, thanks for the pics. REALLY helped.
This is why I love this site.

When I put my H22 in I am going to run the cables to the trunk and also take out my whole AC components.




[Modified by AndyD, 10:42 PM 1/6/2003]

 

Does anyone know the part number or what search word I put in on wimmitracing to find the battery relocation kit?

thanks

EDIT: nevermind, I found it after going through 9 pages of crap.

Summit Racing Equipment pn# SUM-G1200A



[Modified by BlueShadow, 6:16 PM 1/7/2003]

 

nope, still under the hood, just modified

 

Now I know this helps with acheiving neutral weight distrobution, but honestly how much? Does it even make the f/r ratio change 1%? It would be interesting to test, hmmm.

 

Probably the main reason us turbo guys are doing it is to have room for a filter that is farther away from the compressor. That's the reason I'm doing it anyways.

 

F the weight ratio. i had to do it to make room for turbo.. less weigh on the front wheels means less traction..

 

i did mine my self for 15 bucks. buy some 2 gauge or 4 u can get away with 4. theres a hole in you trunk right there on right. remove gromet and run wires down there. you can ground it on that tow hook. i attached my wire to fire wall **** under there and ran to front. then go to stereo shop and get a power distribution block( i had 1 from old stereo) and mount it right there to fender well right under fuse box. then hook wire from strarter in it and the wire from fuse box. and there it is. if your in a 3rd gen. now you can put in you CAI.

 

i'd lie to know where the hell you got 2 guage cable long enough to reach from the enigne bay to the trunk for under 15 bucks

 

www.knuconceptz.com has 1/0 gauge for $2.25 a foot.

 

i've been using 4 gauge, for a while now and no problems. go to home depot. its the same **** as stereo shop, just different color and it ranges from .31-.75 a foot. and i used 15 feet in a 3rd gen and it was enough to do what i needed.