Battery relocation wire

[Alex]

What's the recommended amperage?

[slammed106]

pretty sure i used 4swg for mine... no real reason other than its what i had kicking around from my ICE days.. lol....

[J222JRA]

I went for 300amp

[swampy]

135amp is fine
its what i use when relocating batteries, and have supplied many people with the same stuff with out issue

[Reechard]

About 140amps is fine. Its what a lot of people I know are running.

[Fulch]

I used the middle one on this page and had no problems:

http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/product/751/category/124

[Dave_P]

Just go to your local scrappy and get a battery > starter cable from a Mk4 escort or two depending on length required. :y:

[ryanmt]

Most of the bigger engined 5series bms in scrappers have the battery in the boot and a nice thick cable!

[Alex]

I just got some welding cable, much cheaper.

[MuZiZZle]

Rallynuts have a battery sale on so am planning on relocating

Can i chop the end off the posi and splice it to the extension length with one of these:

http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/product/162/category/33

????

[blackie_2k5]

how are you planning on relocating can i ask?

[MuZiZZle]

Put the race battery in it's jazzy luttle cage in the boot, run a new cable to the bulkhead, drill a hole for the pass through from rallynuts to prevent chafing, then join the posi to the new cable with that joiner, earthbthe battery in the boot as close to the battery as possible????

[blackie_2k5]

thats the hard way ;)

just remove the main posi strap form the battery to the starter(it should be the only live really on the battery im most cases)... and run a live from the battery direct to the starter where youve just unbolted the old one, and anything like amp leads you have ajoining the battery now, can also just be placed on the starter live youve just ran, thats the easiest option.......or from the battery wherever you place it :y:

no sense joining a wire you dont need to, then just earth the neg side to the chassis in the bay, and earth the battery to the chassis wherever you put it

[MuZiZZle]

Ahhhh, cheers dude!

I'm not very technical!

So the positive from the battery just goes to the alt at the mo?

[MuZiZZle]

Here's the bulkhead passthrough, I'd never seen one before

http://www.rallynuts.com/race-batteries/longacre-battery-through-panel.html

[Fulch]

I'll take some pics of mine later to show u how I done it.

[MuZiZZle]

Cool thanks

My raceland induction kit has caused all of this!

It's appauling! So I'm getting a fabricated airbox for where the battery currently lives and need to relocate it, and the epic rallynuts prices atm!!!!

[Alex]

Here's the bulkhead passthrough, I'd never seen one before

http://www.rallynuts.com/race-batteries/longacre-battery-through-panel.html

Wouldn't have thought you would get much chaffing if you used a rubber grommet with the wire through that.
It shouldn't be flapping around that much.

[MuZiZZle]

Wouldn't have thought you would get much chaffing if you used a rubber grommet with the wire through that.
It shouldn't be flapping around that much.

I just worry!

[blackie_2k5]

to the starter not the alt

[MuZiZZle]

Thanks blackie_2k5, so in effect I just cut a hole in the bulkhead for my through joiner, bang some ends on a run of cable from the joiner to the starter, and then from the other side of the joiner the same

I think even I could actually manage that!

[kyle4256]

what battery boxes do you guys use in the boot for a standard battery size?ive heard the racing ones are no good