Battery relocation
10-26-2010, 11:51 PM
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Battery relocation Ok so I want to relocate my battery to the back for better weight distribution and better traction. So my question is can I just buy a 20ft positive cable and a 20ft negative cable and connect them to the battery in the back, run them to the front and use some battery lugs for that side of the pos and neg wire and bolt them to the stock battery cables?
10-27-2010, 12:12 AM
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I just dont get why everyone used a distribution box or a junction box when you could just bolt ur new cables from you battery to the stock battery calbes
10-27-2010, 01:23 PM
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Well problem number one is don't want to run anything less than 0 gauge wire back there. Second, the reason is if your gonna do it, do it right, and your way ain't right....
11-01-2010, 08:33 PM
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Thats why I posted.. I want to know why it isn't right or if it would work, or maybe a suggestion how to do it right from someone. I would appreciate any help you guys can give or any info
11-01-2010, 11:28 PM
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go to a welding store, and pick up some 0 gauge welding power wire, it's cheaper than "automotive" wire, and its exactly the same. It's Sold by the foot. Run one single 0 Gauge wire from the starter to the rear of the car, and hook that up to the + terminal on the battery. Then take a short length of 0 gauge hooked up to the - terminal of the battery, and bolt it to the chassis somewhere close to where the battery is being mounted, make sure it's to bare metal. i used the rear seat belt bolt stud. I then ran two 4 gauge wires from where the battery cable hooks up to the starter, one to the alt, and the other to the distribution block usually located on the passenger shock tower. Then take another short length of 0 gauge wire and run it from the original ground spot on the side of the engine block, then bolt it to the frame rail up front. that gets rid of all the factory battery cables/ alt/starter wiring. that's how i'm running mine. much nicer.
11-02-2010, 05:32 PM
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couldnt I just get a distribution block and hook the + cable from the back to it and run all the stock cables in the front to the distribution block?
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11-02-2010, 06:26 PM
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I only ran 4 gauge to my starter and ground on the block. Its more than enough when the alternator isn't acting up.
11-03-2010, 01:40 AM
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11-03-2010, 07:56 AM
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No i ment run the + cable to the front to a distribution block and run the stock cables off that... Would that work? Im looking for the most simple way to do it right
11-03-2010, 01:33 PM
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Yea plus I want more weight in the back because im getting a circle d 3200 stall in about a month. So I figured 50 lbs in the back should help a little bit. And I think light weight batterys are pretty exspensive and don't know enuf about them...
11-03-2010, 10:19 PM
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that will work, but i still would recommend putting a bigger cable from the distribution block to the starter because you're adding alot of length to the + battery cable, and the stock cables could possibly not be enough to get the right amount of power to your starter, everything else should be fine with the stock cables though.. quite frankly, the simplest and most effective way to do it is how i explained it. it removes all the factory jungle of wires and simplifies the most. but to each their own.. very easy to do too.
11-03-2010, 10:49 PM
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that will work, but i still would recommend putting a bigger cable from the distribution block to the starter because you're adding alot of length to the + battery cable, and the stock cables could possibly not be enough to get the right amount of power to your starter, everything else should be fine with the stock cables though.. quite frankly, the simplest and most effective way to do it is how i explained it. it removes all the factory jungle of wires and simplifies the most. but to each their own.. very easy to do too.