Real DIY battery relocation.
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Real DIY battery relocation.
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just curious - why would you want to run the battery in the trunk? ON BMWs and some cars I know they do this for balance, but the S2000 is so well balanced already, and the battery is small and it's on the passenger side (opposite driver) so I feel from the factory it's pretty good except it's at a higher place.
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First off, great write up, I guess if you're running a turbo, you may have to relocate the battery. Other than that, why not just run a lighter battery like an Odyssey? For the real hardcore weight saving guys, the extra length of heavy gage wire would also be an issue.
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also i think running that type of battery in the trunk may pose a problem, i dont see a vent for the battery nor does it look like a gel cell.
edit: the battery should be in a battery box as well
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edit: the battery should be in a battery box as well
for ingenuity
for execution
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Originally Posted by 2poor2mod,Feb 24 2009, 12:34 PM
also i think running that type of battery in the trunk may pose a problem, i dont see a vent for the battery nor does it look like a gel cell
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Well I dig it man Im prolly going to do this as well but with a few changes. The reason I like this idea is for a cleaner looking engine bay has no one seen a engine bay with a wire tuck..... ? HOTNESS!! I plan on mounting the battery on the right side of the trunk opposite of the six disk. I am goin to use a battery box just to clean things up. All in all looks good homie. Sometimes its not a bout function but looks some people dont care about that.
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On the ground while it may not *LOOK* like it's not a good ground, but it works without issue; I'll have a electrical engineer take a look at it soon. On the venting, I thought it may be a problem, but I access my trunk multiple times a day working in IT, and have never even smelled any gasses, plus it's not like the trunk is some amazingly sealed unit haha. I will be moving to a dry cell battery sometime in the future though and relocating the battery again to a different spot in the trunk.
I did this for my turbo setup as I need the room in the engine bay. Also on the weight issue, please 20ft of 4 gauge weighs possibly 2lb IF even that. Hell I lost more than that by taking out the jack in the car.
I did this for my turbo setup as I need the room in the engine bay. Also on the weight issue, please 20ft of 4 gauge weighs possibly 2lb IF even that. Hell I lost more than that by taking out the jack in the car.
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Originally Posted by 2poor2mod,Feb 24 2009, 08:34 AM
edit: the battery should be in a battery box as well
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Originally Posted by Ian300D,Feb 25 2009, 06:44 AM
Explain why?