relocated relocated battery!

[leeincivic]

ola!!! jus got in form the cold and thought i would post some pics up of me mini project i have been doin the past few days, i recently fitted a full roll cage and there was clearly no room for peeps in the back so thought i would rip the seats out, then i had the idea of moving the battery from the boot to the rear seat area (in this thread http://mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53392)

anyways i managed to sort it all out so here are the pics

this is how it started off minus the optima battery tho


this was the empty space i had to work me magic lol


progress pics



THE MASTERPIECE!!! :rollin:rollin


chuffed with the results and it dont look to out of place, i have also got a little lip on the driver side one so i can put some bits on there and they wont fall off

let me know ya thoughts,

[shaunwil]

Nice, opposite side a good place for water injection system

Shaun

[Kevin]

Awesome!...  Merseyside producing the best as usual!

[RedRummy]

i\'d be a bit worried about having bare terminals there though..  reach across to get something and...

[jm-garage.co.uk]

looks good buddy. nicely done

[leeincivic]

i\'d be a bit worried about having bare terminals there though..  reach across to get something and...

yeah its just temporary for the minute, i am getting terminals with a plastic shroud probably tomorrow, halfrauds was shut today by the time i was finished :evillaugh

and yeah cheers shaunwil, water injection is in the plans and yeah never even thought of mountin it there until you mentioned it, will it not be an annoying noise down me lug hole tho?

[jm-garage.co.uk]

will it not be an annoying noise down me lug hole tho?

Get a new exhaust system and just drown it out :chat

[leeincivic]

i could do with somethin to drown out the exhaust!! haha

av got blitz backbox and sileneced midpipe which does NOT do what it says on the tin!!:evillaugh

[shaunwil]

Not sure how loud it is although if it only comes on with boost it isn\'t going to be all that quiet anyway !

Shaun

[leeincivic]

ha yeah very true, well just got in from fitting a devils own water injection kit to me mates fabia vrs so will see tommoz when we finish it how loud the pump runs, but yeah i supoose me screamer pipe will sort out any unwanted pump noise haha:3gears-rh

[L18M]

hey leeincivic,

nice job on the relocation. what grade wire did you use to pull the +ive to the boot?
is the -ive jus earthed to the car?

cheers for the info in advanced. think i wanna relocate my batt also.
is there anything else u need to do apart from pulling the wires thru?

[gsb876]

Awesome!...  Merseyside producing the best as usual!

Like Everton then :Thumbsup!

[SiH]

hey leeincivic,

nice job on the relocation. what grade wire did you use to pull the +ive to the boot?
is the -ive jus earthed to the car?

cheers for the info in advanced. think i wanna relocate my batt also.
is there anything else u need to do apart from pulling the wires thru?

I wouldn\'t use anything less than 0 gauge.
I used cable with a cross section of 35mm squared.

You can just earth the battery to anywhere on the chassis - get down to the bare metal around the earthing point though. Mine is earthed to one of the points that\'s used to fasten the rear seats if you have them (I have bins)

[L18M]

I wouldn\'t use anything less than 0 gauge.
I used cable with a cross section of 35mm squared.

You can just earth the battery to anywhere on the chassis - get down to the bare metal around the earthing point though. Mine is earthed to one of the points that\'s used to fasten the rear seats if you have them (I have bins)

thats great thanks
i read up on some posts that some ppl put a fuse in there also. is that really required and why is it best to put batt in a box?
incase it explodes or jus so its more secure?
cheers:wiggle

[SiH]

Definitely fuse the positive (as you have done) but there\'s no need to fuse the earth .

Box is designed to prevent spillages, but they\'re not too vital with a gel battery imho.