Battery in trunk..

[sobeit94]

I was looking at cable kits for putting a battery in my trunk, and the negative wire is only 3 ft long. Why is that so much shorter? I really have no idea what the black cable does anyways.. Please school me..

[MisdemeanorMatt]

The black cable is just the ground, since the entire car frame is grounded you can connect it anywhere there is a solid clean connection.

[sobeit94]

Huh, well good know. Thanks matt!

[JPB]

E30s have trunk mounted batteries.if your application is a smaller car, it is nice 0 gauge cable, and cheaper than a kit at the junkyard.

[wayne92SLC]

I'm assuming you're relocating the battery in your G60?

If you're looking for some pointers, I did this in my Corrado a few years back. I pieced it all togther from various sources.


2-10-09 005 by wayne92SLC, on Flickr


battery tray 003 by wayne92SLC, on Flickr


Corrado gauges 035 by wayne92SLC, on Flickr


Corrado gauges 025 by wayne92SLC, on Flickr


Corrado gauges 027 by wayne92SLC, on Flickr


Corrado gauges 029 by wayne92SLC, on Flickr


battery relocation 018 by wayne92SLC, on Flickr


battery relocation 016 by wayne92SLC, on Flickr


ground cable1 by wayne92SLC, on Flickr


distribution plate 021 by wayne92SLC, on Flickr

-Wayne

[JPB]

now that's how you do that.

[Zach]

yeah, that seems like an excellent chassis ground connection. well done.

[JK9K]

Quite right! No messing around there!

[vwguy3]

very nice! Was that for running a sound system? How about some pics of that!

Thanks
Justind

[JerseyShore!]

The eff is all this for?

[Rancid]

love that optima battery holder, is that custom machined or is there a site you got that from?

[wayne92SLC]

love that optima battery holder, is that custom machined or is there a site you got that from?

Back in the day, I paid about $100 for the Optima battery tray. They're a little more now.

http://www.boeseengineering.com/

[wayne92SLC]

The eff is all this for?

Once you pull the battery out of the engine compartment, there's a lot of power and ground connections that need to be taken care of. so I made a plate and put it where the battery was.