[Vwdiesel] Relocating battery

[James Hansen]

That's right.
I have the battery in my stock car inside the RR framerail, just behind 
the diff.  A single optima starts the car just fine, even hot which is 
asking a bit. (350 chev with some compression)  I think I even used 
lighter wire, maybe 2/0 to keep the right side weight down.
I ran both conductors the length of the car out of necessity, but you 
could do it with just the +ve to teh starter.  There's plenty of metal 
in the car between the engine and the battery.
-james

Roger Brown wrote:
> MikeyBigFish at wmconnect.com wrote:
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>>      Ev&Andrew,
>>             I too have considered relocating batteries and was advised against
>>      doing so for various negative reasons. One which has been mentioned,
>>      "the loss of cranking power using longer cables." 
>>      Not having any fundamental/basic understanding of electricity is the 
>>      hat that fits my head, but it serves well as a good cover.
>>      So I ask my beloved forum, is it possible/feasiable to physically coil 
>>      this cable to increase or stabilize the desired battery cranking speed?
>>      This is a battery, are there any positive solutions?
>>      I'm sure we must have some Tesla admirers out there in the ether.
>>      Thanks to Ev for posting this concern into the light. 
>>      Mike in 
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> Use a big enough cable and there will be no loss of cranking speed.  As I mentioned, I run 1/0 
> welding cable on my relocated batteries in my 4x4 and both the starter and winch work as well, if 
> not better than with the stock battery up front (and the wimpy stock cables).  I run both power and 
> ground cables off the battery up near the front of the vehicle.  Then I tie that to the starter and 
> from there up to the rest of the vehicle wiring.
>