Batery relocation

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

I used #00 welding cable from McMaster Carr.  About 16' will do you easily.  I also got their
battery tray and mounted it in the spare tire well.  I used the center rear seatbelt mount point
for a ground, others use a bumper bolt, whichever you choose is OK.  You do NOT want to run the
ground to the engine - twice the weight, twice the hassle, twice the risk, and you don't need to
do it anyway.  

FWIW, the car turned over faster after the relocation - of course, it was a good opportunity to
renew grounds and other connections, so I'm sure that did helped a wee bit... 

G/L, 

Ron

--- Cory Langford <corylang@dccnet.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Need to relocate the bat. as it is in the way with the new engine.  so it
> is going into the back.  The only al. bat. box I found is a complete kit
> with #2 gauge wire.  
> 
> so, for those who have relocated their battery already. Is #2 ok or should
> I go buy some welding wire and use that?
> 
> Also, is it okay to simply use the car body as a floating ground, or should
> I run a cable from the neg. to the block on the engine?  Wondering about
> cold starts, etc.
> 
> Oh, btw the car is a '78 mk1
> 
> TIA
> Cory Langford
> '79 Cheap Ass turbo daily driver - RIP
> '86 turbo project - The Next daily driver?
> '65 Ghia - The next project in the garage
> 
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