battery relocation question

[aculda@cogeco.ca (Adrian Dorel Culda)]

Yep ...
2 gauge works ....
im using 4 gauge wire and its all good ...
then again its a low compression engine using a diesel starter
as for the batery box...
i had one of the old guys here in town that are dealing with chassy
reinforcement do it. he welded up a beautifull battery box :) costed me
a case of beer :P
as for fitting ... i cut he back part of the trunk .. right in the
middle where the spare tire well is :P i noticed that when i was changin
the suspension theres  unsused space between the tire well and the back 
part of the car ... so i cut that out and put the battery in there  :)
Almost flush ... actually its only about 1/4" higher that the rest of
the floor also using a yellow top optima ... works great :)
no complaints at all.

On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 15:57, Joe Doty wrote:
> Drew,
> 
> I put my battery in the hatch for the same reason and ended up using the
> same Exide one.  The Optimas were too heavy and expensive for me.
> 
> I used the crappy Summit battery relocation kit.  It comes with a crappy
> ABS battery box, and the hold downs are really flimsy.  I'd recommend
> fabbing something yourself or buying one of their nicer kits.  Also, I
> don't know if you plan on dragging your car, but those crap non-sealed
> ABS boxes are not NHRA legal when mounted in a hatch.
> 
> The kit came with 2 gauge cable.  Even with a 20 foot run to the engine
> bay I haven't had starting problems.  Make sure you use good cable ends
> and lots of dielectric grease.
> 
> It will be difficult to mount it on the passenger's side forward of the
> spare tire well.  There isn't enough flat space between the spare tire
> well and the back seat.  I mounted it on the driver's side just because
> it was easier.  Ideally, I think I'd cut out the well altogether and
> weld in a flat piece of sheet metal and mount the battery on top of
> that.  But that's way too damn much work.
> 
> Joe Doty
> IT/Development
> joe@lcnetwork.com 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Drew MacPherson [mailto:drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca]
> > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:43 PM
> > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: battery relocation question
> > 
> > 
> > I know a few listers have relocated their batteries to a box in the
> trunk
> > (notably CA Ron - thanks for the web site Ron!)
> > 
> > Has anyone used an Optima RedTop located in the trunk?  I'm faced with
> > battery relocation as an option for gaining intercooler plumbing
> space,
> > and if I'm going back to the trunk I don't want to give up a lot of
> space
> > to the battery.  The nice thing about the Redtop is that (in theory)
> it
> > should be able to be mounted on its end or its side tucked into the
> back
> > pasenger's corner.
> > 
> > The other issue is, of course, how to get those 800CCAs up to the
> beefy
> > starter I need to kick over the TD.
> > 
> > Any input is appreciated.
> > 
> > Drew (84 Wolfsburg Ed. TurboDiesel Scirocco)
> > 
> > 
> > 
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