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Old Sep 19, 2008 | 09:52 PM
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Question battery relocators come in!!!
ok so i received the texas speed battery relo kit as a gift awhile back and im just now getting to the point of ready to install it. problem is the person who got it for me didnt know all it was was the battery tray... http://texas-speed.com/shop/item.asp...d=395&catid=62

what all do i need to install it for it to pass NHRA rules?

are there any battery relo kits anyone sells with everything i need?

are there any tips you guys have when doing this?


any info helps thanks guys.
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i do know if your just using the tray it needs to be a dry cell battery
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who makes a dry cell i have a optima red top right now?
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that would be a dry cell
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well that problem is taken car of now i need all the stuff to make a nhra legal battery relo kit minus the tray...
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manual disconnect switch coming out the back of the car.
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i know that much already but is there any specific kind of wire you have to use, connectors, relays, how many grounds etc etc?
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Look starting at post 36. He did a really great job explaining a great way to do it. Very clean install with not a lot of investment.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...=983298&page=2

I think it should even be in a sticky.
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No problem. It was great that Lethal posted up such good pictures for an easy way to set it up.
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