[Vwdiesel] Relocating Battery.

[Evans Antoniou]

Rob,

that is what i was going to do from the very beginning but i then read people's  opionion and went the other way. but i will beep the plastic removed (i will be passing the wire from the inside of the car) and if i feel i need more juice i will send it straight to the engine battery connectors.

thanks

Area31 Research Facility <stephensrw at stn.net> wrote: Don`t rely on the chassis to get your negative from the battery terminakl to 
the engine block.  Run the same gauge as the positive line all the way from 
the battery.  This is what William J. said to do.  You also put a lighter 
gauge wire from battery negative to chassis ground.  Either end of the heavy 
negative battery cable would work but may be better done in the engine 
compartment side.

Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Evans Antoniou" 
To: "William J Toensing" ; 
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Relocating Battery.


> thanks William,
>
> i have been getting a lot of information for the
> tdiclub.com as well and most people are in agreement
> with what u said.
>
> i will run #2 copper ground wire to the connector that
> is already there, or a i might solder a union.
>
> i have a #0 guage that will go from battery to chassis
> and a second ground wire in the engine bay from the
> chassis to the motor.
>
> i was  going to insulate as well and rund the wire
> inside the car.
>
> i hope to complete this transformation by this
> weekend.
>
> evan
> --- William J Toensing  wrote:
>
>> I have never relocated a battery to the trunk . If I
>> was going to do this I would get some #2 wire from a
>> hardware store like Home Depot or electric supply
>> house. (actually I have some left from some
>> underground wiring I did). I would run the positive
>> cable thru some pcv pipe or old garden hose, get
>> some terminals from an auto parts store like NAPA. I
>> would do the best I could to insulate the positive
>> wire to prevent any short & protect it from rubbing
>> on the ground of the car. I would ground the
>> negative terminal to the body AND run another #2
>> ground wire from the battery to the engine or
>> transmission. As I recall, some British sport cars
>> (remember Lucas?) & Alpha Romero sports cars would
>> mount the batteries in the trunk & I think some hot
>> rodders do too. Comments welcome as I haven't done
>> this yet but might do so in the future.
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