where is the beat place to relocate the battery to if i dont have rear storage bins? Also does anyone sell a kit to do this? Or is there a way i can put my battery i have now in the boot and use a mini battery kit in the engine bay?
if you are going to relocate the batt, theres no reason for a mini batt in the engine bay... unless your putting lots of ICE in and need the extra ooph.
I have relocated my batt to the boot for a FMIC setup(woo so much room now!:D), inside a ally battery box. pic tomorrow if I remember:)
I relocated mine to the centre of the boot for a FMIC install, i now have even less space! :rolleyes:
Relocated mine in the boot in carbon look box from demon tweeks....
Adam
if you have storage bins, in one of them :)
Don\'t you need a gel battery if its inside the car ? Been thinking about doing this too. Or is the battery box ok for a normal battery ? If so how much are the ali ones ?
Shaun
i was thinking about this a while ago
so..
1 - do you need a special battery
2 - do you just extend the wires or what ????
idiot mode on ...
so you remove the battery - dump in boot , then connect the + of the battery to the red lead in the engine .. or am i missing something - do you need to rewire if from the starter motor and the alternator ??
you can tell i dont know much about it :) :) :)
If you are moving the battery to inside the car, you should replace it with a gel battery. This is because if you crash (god forbid) you wouldnt get covered in acid, just gel. Dont know how it works, but its a safety thing. ;)
fish
It\'s also a good idea to put a (big) fuse on the positive wire.
the only reason i wanted 2 batteries is cos i have a earthing kit which is connected to the battery. so if i wanted to run 2 batteries one in the engine bay and one in the boot how would i connect them up? would i just need a positive cable from one to the other and a negative? or shall i ditch the earthing kit and relocate, id so what is the best battery to buy?
Ah like a split system, one for the engine and electronics, and the other for a sound system. Split chanrging. ;)
I would run both pos. and neg. down to the other battery, with extra earthing on the one in the boot.
Not sure if you would need to put a bigger alternator on the car though.
Fish
so all i would need is an extra positive and negative cable running from one battery to the other?
you\'ll need a split charging system.... you can get one form any good audio shop mate....
cheers mate any ideas on a good battery for the boot?
Alot of people use Optima dry-cell batteries. Think the yellow top is the one you need (pretty compact).
so would it be ok to run an odyssey battery int the engine and a split cahrging system to an optima battery? which optima one would you recommend?
would the AUTOLEADS-PC4-35 be an ideal split charging system?
would any of this effect my power fc?
Recon you\'d be best going for an Optima D51R Yellow Top. It\'s much smaller and lighter than the standard item but it\'s quite pricey.
bout £140 or more init as i recall when i looked at them in the big ICE scooby years........(http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/aetsch/cheeky-smiley-032.gif)
Si