Battery relocation and other questions..

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S14Life
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Car: b5 s4 stage 3, 2001 pathfinder, 91 s10
Location: bay area

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Alright so I got my FMIC and everything but I need to relocate my battery to my trunk. I was wondering where you guys who have done this have layed the cable. Through the cabin? Under the car? In the subframe or something? Also my FMIC is the Greddy VSPL and the nipple for the wastegate to get it's signal from is on the pipe that I took out. Is it possible to use one of the 3 lines from the throttle body as a line for the wastegate to get it's signal? I got the Greddy Profeb B Spec 2 boost contoller and the niple I would usually use to get the signal from is on the old cold pipe so I don't have that anymore, I'm trying something to get it to work but I won't find out until tomorrow. Just asking to make my life easier.

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I drilled through the fire wall and ran the battery cable under the carpet alond the passender side of the car. I just poped off the side step cover thing and the cable went under the carpet and under the back panel well. I located my battery on the passernger side as far back to the rear corner as possible. It was a pain to know where to drill becase the fuel tank and frame rail is right underneith on that side.

As far as vaccumm you should stay away from the throttle body vaccum lines and use the frp vaccum line. This is why you don't use the throttle body vaccums.

http://www.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=80566

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S14Life
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Car: b5 s4 stage 3, 2001 pathfinder, 91 s10
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So I can use the line from the FPR to control my wastegate/boost controller?

Soulja
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When I relocated my battery to the trunk, I ran the cable in the cabin. Above the ecu, there a hole with a rubber plug, that goes to the fenderwell. The about 4 inches away from that, there's another one that foes from the fenderwell to the engine bay. Run the line from the trunk, under the passenger side door sill, behind the ecu, and up to the plug. I poked a hole in the with a screwdriver, and fed the wire through. Then run it into the engine bay, put a ring terminal on the end, and bolt it to the starter terminal. Run the 2 + lines from the fusebox to the starter terminal.

I installed my battery box on the drivers side, because I didn't feel comfortable installing it over the fuel pump.


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