95Q Battery in Trunk Advice Please

[jamesmost]

I need to relocate my battery into the trunk.What is the best way to run the wire, i presume in the car under seats and carpet, maybe along the door line under the plastic ??as well best ground in trunk ??Thanks

[elwesso]

my battery lines run under the car then drilled a hole by the gas tank (by the strut towers) to the box on the passenger side.

[zinkie13]

I ran mine through the interior in the plastic conduit on the passenger side.

[Rex]

In the past Dennis had made reference to running them within the "rails" under the car. Just make sure you use high quality wiring with very durable sheathing.

[elwesso]

Yeah indeed.... my wiring has a rubber sheath and then a plastic thing over it...

[maxnix]

When you finish, use an Optima.

[ddrumman]

When you finish, use an Optima.

Yup!! Out of ignorance and curiosity, what do you gain by moving the battery into the trunk?

[elwesso]

It makes the engine bay look cleaner, more space, and better weight distribution.. It helps to move 40lbs from the very front of the car to the very back for sure!

[jamesmost]

Yup!! Out of ignorance and curiosity, what do you gain by moving the battery into the trunk?

room for my train horns

BTY what gague wire???

[ddrumman]

BTY what gague wire???

If you're referring to my battery cables, they are the original ones that came with the car.

You're probably asking the guys though.

[pdqwrx]

I would suggest using at least 2 awg wire but 0 awg would be better. As for a battery in the trunk, I would look into Stinger or Odyssey batteries. I have a stinger in several cars and much prefer them to the Optima (For the record, I ran a car stereo store for the 17 years and moved alot of batteries around as well as sold just about everything out there). The stinger comes with a steel mounting box to help hold it and they come in two flavors- Yellow= cheaper, not as good or red= best quality and longest life. Check out their link at http://stingerelectronics.com/...r.asp

Dont forget to protect your car with some type of breaker at the battery and ground the battery to the frame underneath the car. This is best done by drilling a whole and running the ground cable from the battery to the underside of the car. Next, use a wire wheel in a drill to clean the metal where you are going to ground it.Through bolt the connector to the clean steel and then cover with spray on undercoating (3M works well).

As for running the cable up front, under the car means that you have to worry about every future moron who might jack up your car, crushing and shorting out the wire. The frame rail is a good idea but a lot of on your back work. I generally stay in the car, after all, Nissan didn't run much wiring under the car. Now, getting through the firewall is a challenge so I would go through the fender and follow the factory harness behind the fender liner. Then buy a nice distribution block from a car stereo store to mount up front and your done. Will probablly take a day or two depending on how many helpers and how many beers. Oh, and how good of a job you want to do....

Good luck

Scott

[Jeff Williams]

Out of ignorance and curiosity, what do you gain by moving the battery into the trunk?

Room for the supercharger, of course!

[PoorManQ45]

Starter draws ~90amps. Headlights an additional 20, windows, ~30, power seats 15~20, misc.. 40.

Wire for the highest possible load, +15%.

You can use 1-0 or 0-2, or even 3-0 or 4-0.

3-0 is good for 200amps.

If you can find it in like 100+ strand count go for that. It won't be too hard to bend, and it'll carry whatever current you ever need.

Oh, there is a channel on each side of the interior. It takes some work, but you can fit the wire in there. The hardest part is actually getting it in the channel next to the seat as you don't have much room to work, but once inside the channel you have plenty of room