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Old 5th October 2018, 20:28   #1
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I'm considering moving the battery into the rear of the car. Can anybody offer any advice on this? Is it a simple task? What is required to do it? Longer battery wires obviously and maybe a battery box, but anything else?
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Old 5th October 2018, 23:51   #2
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I've shifted my battery behind the navigators seat, not sure if you can get onto the link below but if not my thread is titled 106 GTI track / sprint car build progress, I have some pics of my battery relocation that may be of assistance.

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=475327

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/att...5&d=1522516784

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/att...9&d=1523045753
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When you extend it, just use cable the same thickness. I used winch cable from ebay, iy was more than up to the job. multi stranded copper.

In the engine bay, I bought a large connector block and jointed the 3 cables where the +ve battery terminal used to be. You don't need to do anything with the -ve cable. You could remove it and run a separate cable from the gearbox earth to chassis earth.

Then in the rear you only need a short cable on the battery to ground it.
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That's great, thanks Chaps. Expect I will be back with follow up questions once I get round to attempting it.
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