Engine Battery Relocation

Battery Relocation

Does anyone know of any website with complete instructions for relocating the battery to the trunk? I found information about what type of wires to use but no how-to. I understand the whole move it to the trunk part but I don't understand how exactly all the wires get connected. Thanks!

Linn

Vamp has DIYs on his website.

You basically just take out the battery, extend the constant (+) side to the trunk and ground the (-) side to the chassis. Then in the trunk you connect the constant (+) side to the battery and ground the (-) side the chassis. Some people run a ground wire from the engine compartment but IMO it's unnecessary.

Grounding too much will not hurt the performance of your car nor will it prevent it from starting or make it throw codes.

actually running the ground to the engine compartment may actually hurt your car. from my experience it sometimes causes the grounds to become too good for the stuff on the engine but not for the comp. inside the car... this leads to your car not starting all at or shutting down and throwing codes like cam sensor circuit failure and crank position sensor failure.

if you really want to ground it all the way to the engine then what you do is find the ground for the comp on the driver's side (i think it's a bunch of white wires bolted to the body) and just attach the ground from the battery to there then from there to the engine it'll save you a lot of headache.

haha you can say that again. LOL

grounding too much will just clutter your car with more wires.. hehe. My car is pretty well grounded.. as is your rollatuner.. hehe

It's called a ground loop, something you want to avoid. The entire chassis is a giant node. There's no need to send a ground wire back to the engine bay.

im interested in this also , so what happens or what is a ground loop?

pretty much meaning , a bad ground?

i've heard of ground loop but not really for cars. I mean...I know friends who works with audio in cars and they've used the term but never heard of it used for things other than A/V stuff. Anyway, If you replace stock grounding wires with better wires and or you know how to ground things properly, you shouldn't get ground looping effects

when i get to my comp I'll quickly make a diy from when I was doing it with Cpat, its fairly easy jest need to disassemble a lot of panels and carpet on the way to the trunk.

bumping this.

does anyone know where i can find a diy with parts included? i dont even know where to start except to extend the + side to the trunk and just ground the - in the engine bay and in the trunk.

Is this worth doing? The 2 advantages would be making room for a CAI and redistributing weight of the car. Is there any other reasons to do this? Would the weight distribution be impacted that much?

it was just an idea ive had so i can reposition my intake better. i kinda have the general idea of how to do it...just dont really know where to start is all. like..shouuld i solder the postive cables together or is electrical tape fine? ect ect

Can you invite me over vortex.