relocating the battery

[Nismochick240]

hey so i've searched and i couldn't find anything on details to relocate that battery in my 91 hatch... HELP! i wanna do it so when i go kat i'll all ready have it in the back and to even out the weight (my cars gutted right now)

THANKS!!Alisha

[srdrps13]

its pretty much straight forward... i would recomment a slim battery but thats just my opinion. i have the relocation kit myself and wish i had got with the slim battery. run the power wire from the bay to the back and ground from somewhere in the front to the back. and bam lol. make sure u have a good ground

[Nismochick240]

where did you get the kit

[srdrps13]

ebay.. i saw the same parts at autozone.. u can by the battery box there forl ike 20 dollars and just get power wire and ground wire instead of paying the 50-60 dollars for a kit

[masticatingcow]

Yeah, it's very easy... just make sure your battery cables are well insulated. The last thing you need is to part of a massive electrical short in your gutted car... LOL.

Totally off topic... do we have TWO different NismoChicks on this board right now? Or are you constantly changing your avatar between two pictures? LOL.

[Nismochick240]

lol i think im the only one lol... i changed my avator like a month ago from a ka pic to my pic lol...

how do i make sure its usualted well

[Graphfixz]

is there a concern from battery fumes? I heard that batteries release fumes?

bogus? Some Truths to it?

[xekushnr]

the only time i've really smelt a battery is when it starts getting hot, which usually means theres either a problem or its just under a lot of load. but then again, i dont really have any first hand experience with a rear mounted battery. like someone else mentioned, i would probably just go with a slim battery. moving the battery to the back is not going to move a lot of weight, so if thats your reasoning behind it, you may want to reconsider.

[karmakaze]

hey so i've searched and i couldn't find anything on details to relocate that battery in my 91 hatch... HELP! i wanna do it so when i go kat i'll all ready have it in the back and to even out the weight (my cars gutted right now)

THANKS!!Alisha

make sure the cabling that your using is a heavy gauge with very fine strands. the finer the better. the cable used with welders actually works the best. and with your grounds, make sure you ground to the actual frame of the car. i have an 95 240sx and with my kit, i used the summit racing relocation kit, and mounted the box by using screws that already existed in the rear of the trunk, cut out holes in the carpet and matched everything together. i ran both the positive and negative cables under the car through the vent under the car on the right and grounded tothe frame and used cable tie mounts to run the postive cable up the wheel well and along the frame. it turned out looking and working great.

[usdm_180sx]

[srdrps13]

how'd u mount the battery.. i have the summit racing kit too and my battery just rolls back and forth lol

[masticatingcow]

and mounted the box by using screws that already existed in the rear of the trunk, cut out holes in the carpet and matched everything together.

[Bruno240]

hey u think they make a kit for the miata.

oh wait my battery is already in the trunk.

sorry guys im bored

[onosqv]

or you can do something like this:

zerothread?id=136906

*please ignore all the wiring mess... it's under construction

[tonynalli]

damn whats all tha for?

[masticatingcow]

damn whats all tha for?

Clearly he's converting to diesel. LOL.

Seriously, though... either that's the prelude to some serious audio/video equipment or it's a complicated suicide device.

[Nismochick240]

i know thats the messiest batter relocation i've seen

[srdrps13]

are those brackets custom or did u buy them?

[240 Trainee]

He has the "Pimp my Ride" Car, 4 Xboxes and 12 LCD screens or whatever the insane numbers were require alot of battery/ wiring

[Kenrik]

actually tiger is a girl so we have atleast 2

[Skinsk]

Battery fumes... yes unless it is a gel/maintenance free battery

They release hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) which is why PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING can add H2O to the batteries... please do not do it at all sulfuric acid (H2SO4) is not a fun thing to play around with... it burns

in brokeAs240sx's photo they are both gel

[Kenrik]

I want pictures of the pimp my ride 240 now that he has had the horrid thing back for a while.... you repaint it yet?

[masticatingcow]

Last I heard, no, it hadn't been repainted. I guess the wheels got worked out and the owner is doing some performance stuff... that about as much as I know.

[sleepyRPS13]

you should see his grenade wheels.

[JDMEnthused]

Alisha, if you can.. buy a universal battery box and relocate it with a Braille Battery.. they only weigh 11.5 pounds and retail for a little over 150 dollars, its a nice investment.. you can find the battery boxes at places like.. jegs or jcwhitney.. alot of the domestic places have them.

[Yellow4g63]

[srdrps13]

did all that come in a kit or did u buy the stuff to hold down the battery separate?

[BomexS13]

did all that come in a kit or did u buy the stuff to hold down the battery separate?

The kit should include the tie down. You guys can also get the kit from summitracing.com

[srdrps13]

i bought the kit summit racing but i loss everything that holds the battery down.. lol