Battery in Trunk
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Battery in Trunk - 5/11/2008 3:59:46 PM
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taekwon11
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Does anyone know how to relocate the battery to the trunk? Things like how to route the cable, what guage cable to run, where to ground, how to ground the engine? Thanks for your help.
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RE: Battery in Trunk - 5/12/2008 10:59:04 AM
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flamingpinhead
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just my stab at it here:
you would probably want to run no less than 4ga wire. youll want to route the cable as isolated as possible. if you have an audio system you most definatley dont want to run it in the same area as your audio wiring. your ground is your chassis, everything grounds to the chassis, so the 2nd battery will as well. the only thing youll have to be careful of is running the power cable back so that it is isolated and nowhere that it could be damaged or cause a short. i would run it inside a wireloom the whole way back. i know my 8ga wire i ran for my subs came through the firewall and ran along the driver's side under everything. the thicker power cable may be tougher to hide though. any thoughts from anyone who has put a battery in the trunk?
youll also want to put a fuse as close it as possible, that way if your cable does short its not frying everything
why are you relocating it to the trunk?
< Message edited by flamingpinhead -- 5/12/2008 11:07:42 AM >
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RE: Battery in Trunk - 5/12/2008 1:27:34 PM
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dustyloins
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Make damn sure you bolt that that battery down good. It can cause major problems in a head on or rear end collision.......
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RE: Battery in Trunk - 5/12/2008 5:09:31 PM
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taekwon11
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Thanks for the info. The reason I am relocating it is to transfer the weight in the car. Most people on this forum seem to know a great deal about drag racing the cars, but it doesn't appear that many people road race them. I bought mine so I could stop road racing my Viper. The SRT-4 is a great road race vehicle for the money. I have put the S2 kit, Stage 3 coil overs and sway bars, strut tower bars, Stop Tech brakes and a few other minor mods. The BMW's, most Porches, and Mustangs hate to see me coming in their rear view mirrors on the track. Long explanation. Hope it helps.
John
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RE: Battery in Trunk - 5/13/2008 10:39:38 AM
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mopar222
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In my opion get a light weight battery for the track, and spend the money on a good set of tires. Get a dedicated set of track tires, hoosiers, yokoao48's, ect. This and better suspention will do wonders. In my opinion, stick with a good set of shocks and springs and sway bars, unless you are prepared to spend 3-4000 on a good set of coilovers. If you opt for cheap coilovers, they have bad valving and are very difficult to dial in. The acrs seem to have a decent set up. I would look for a used set of those, start full strong in front and half in back. But the track tires on light weight wheels make a huge difference, much more than moving 40lbs from the front to the back. Good luck.
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