battery relocation

[gibbo80]

I am seriously getting my car ready for a sr now, never i thought i was gonna do this but it is happening. BUt my question is when you do the swap do alot of you move the battery to the trunk.

[quiksilvia]

the main reason that people do it is to be able to do a fmic with the sr. if u want to do the fmic then the piping has to go right where the battery is, so u move it to the back

[teriyakibroccoli]

you know, I had a question about this.. sorry to jack your thread but:

I heard rumors of the 240's chassis being a really poor ground due to a certain amount of spot welding. Is this true? and if so, is there any remedy? (aimed at those who have the re-loc kit done already.)

[vboyq]

i thought u could buy a slim battery, leave it where it is, and be ok with the front mount?

[gibbo80]

Jack away, I never new the real reason for this. If it doesnt help performance or handling i guess i would leave it. I thought if i was doing a swap and it would help, what better time to move it

[op.tic]

you should get that oddessey brand batter that SCC talked about in one of thier recent issues, they are really small and light weight, and can be mounted anyway, anywhere except unside down

[I H8 UR DSM]

WOW!!! Looky here, i clicked that nice Red Search key, and typed, Battery Relocation, and only found about 20-30 topics!!

http://www.nissaninfiniticlub....nding

[AunVoh]

jesse, it came up with only 43.... don't just start throwing numbers around...

[teriyakibroccoli]

yea so, what about the grounding question.

[Altiman94]

I do not appreciate people who give the almighty "use the search button" reply. 99% of the time you don't find what you are looking for while you are searching, it's much easier and faster to just created a new thread.

[I H8 UR DSM]

Yea, why dont we just remove that function then....

Wait, who cares what you 'appreciate'....thats what its there for right?? TO STOP REPEAT THREADS........

I dont appreciate that...so are we even??

[AunVoh]

i appreciate sunshine and lollipops, i hope you don't get rid of those =(

[I H8 UR DSM]

terriyaki...never heard of any problems...but here are some grounding cables: http://www.phase2motortrend.com/enac1.html

[I H8 UR DSM]

Damn trolls!

[I H8 UR DSM]

Jack away, I never new the real reason for this. If it doesnt help performance or handling i guess i would leave it. I thought if i was doing a swap and it would help, what better time to move it

moving additional weight to the rear, and adding space to the engine bay...made sense to me.

[teriyakibroccoli]

thanks dsm.

[unfrgivn]

Takes an hour to move it to the rear and can be necessary if you have any sort of amped system in your car, b/c slimline batteries just don't have the same amount of cold cranking amps as normal batteries. I have it moved with my KA b/c it keeps things cleaner in the engine and my FMIC is going in next week along with my SR anyway. Also it's cheaper to move to the trunk than getting a slimline battery.

[nrcooled]

where did you FB guys mount it in the trunk? I have the kit but couldn't really find a good place to mount the box.

Any pics you have would be great!

[unfrgivn]

Here's where I mounted mine, on the right side of the hatch. If I didn't have the sub box in my right rear corner, I would have put it in that little nook.

[Und3rprshUr]

autozone here has marine battery boxes with strap for 10 bux!

[gibbo80]

i think i will do this then

[RobDET]

i put it left rear (the gas tank is on rt rear) I ordered the Summit battery relocation kit and a summit kill switch (so i could run at the track like that)

I screwed the marine box down to the floor on the left rear then i dropped in the battery and put some wierd alien foam around the batt to keep it from moving. Cover, strap and go. No problems.