[Vwdiesel] Relocating Battery.

[James Hansen]

I would disagree with this.
With the amperage we are dealing with in a car starter, as long as the 
ground cable goes to the chassis metal in more than one spot, and not to 
a part that is spot welded to the chassis, and the points of contact are 
kept from getting rusty, you should be good.
It's usually the points of contact that generally suck.

Nothing wrong with two cables either, but done correctly, the chassis is 
sufficient ground. In the long run, two cables will make for less 
maintenance as well. It depends a bit on how much you are willing to 
spend, and how much weight you want to add.
-James


Area31 Research Facility 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" <ev32amd at yahoo.ca>
> To: "William J Toensing" <toensing at wildblue.net>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> 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 <toensing at wildblue.net> 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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