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Topic: Battery cable routing
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AtomicLabMonkey
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For those here who have relocated their battery to the trunk; how did you route the cable(s) back through the car? If going through the firewall and through the cabin, how/where did you penetrate the firewall... and if you ran cable under the car how/where did you finally penetrate to get the cable into the trunk? If so how did you secure the cable underneath the car? I'm having a hard time finding an existing port through the firewall to use and I don't want to have to drill a new hole through it.
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Posts: 2 | From: Livermore, CA | Registered: Apr 2003
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JoeT
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I just finished this this past weekend:
alternator: 2 AWG zip tied (shut up!) carefully down the engine compartment along the inner fender. I avoided the headers like the plague, went along the *inner* side of the subframe connectors (so as to avoid hitting it when jacking the car up). Also fed it through the tranny xmember holes (no movement there), and the hell away from the mufflers along the body of the car up and over the axle (the hell away from the control arms) and into the trunk through the existing hole above the gastank.
For the starter solenoid connection more of the same. Zip tied it down (1/0 welding wire) and avoided the control arms, mufflers, and headers. Used terminal connectors and drilled a 3/4" hole for the summit switch right where the rear license plate is (remove rear license plate at the track).
Basically I followed this guys install
buffhomer.corral.net
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Posts: 6785 | From: San Jose | Registered: Jun 2001
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Norcalbmxer
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Originally posted by shade-tree:
I just finished this this past weekend:
AWG zip tied (shut up!)
hey, its better then bread tie's ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Posts: 952 | From: Sacramento | Registered: Apr 2001
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AtomicLabMonkey
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Does anyone know good places to get the plastic cable-protector sheathing (the black corrugated looking stuff) that you see wrapped around most of the stock wiring in the car? I think I've figured out how I'm gonna route the cabling now but I want to put the sheathing on it to keep it from wearing and shorting out somewhere (fire hazard).
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-Austin
Pics of my car here
-2003 Autocross events
*SCCA SFR/Sacramento Regions
*American Auto-x Series
Posts: 2 | From: Livermore, CA | Registered: Apr 2003
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Originally posted by AtomicLabMonkey:
Does anyone know good places to get the plastic cable-protector sheathing (the black corrugated looking stuff) that you see wrapped around most of the stock wiring in the car? I think I've figured out how I'm gonna route the cabling now but I want to put the sheathing on it to keep it from wearing and shorting out somewhere (fire hazard).
Most hardware stores should carry it. I got mine at home depot.
Posts: 1482 | From: Santa Clara/Bay area | Registered: Nov 2001
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