Battery relocated to rear?

[Huw Powell]

> Anyone relocate the battery to the trunk of a 4k?

> Yes?  Where did you route the cables and what gauge is appropriate?  My
> working plan is to run the ground back to the engine compartment rather
> than attach it to the chassis in the rear.

When we did Brendan's he got a kit from Summit Racing, included
everything necessary, nice long bit of heavy red wire.  Run the ground
to a rear bumper bolt, they are easy to get to.  He also used a battery
box from Walmart, since the Summit one was a lot bigger than necessary.
Ran the battery wire under the carpet just inside the pass side of the
car, and through the ex-AC line hole in the firewall, to a car stereo
power distribution block (not in the kit).

Noah wrote:
>
> If you are concerned about ground loop interference, am I right to think you
> are also thinking about car stereo?
>
> I've played around with car stereos in many of my past european cars and
> I've finally come to the decision that having a deck with a 4v preamp output
> is more important than any other factor wrt ground loop noise.

While a nice "loud" output probably will help drown the alt (etc.)
noise, I've found the best thing is to ground *every* component of the
stereo to the same place.  "directional" interconnects help, too (they
have 2 signal wires and a grounded sheild that is only attached at one
end, the preamp end).


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Huw Powell

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