Battery Relocation

[92cb7lover]

So I want to relocate my battery in the trunk to free up some space and make my engine bay look cleaner. I know I can get the kit from summit for 70, but has anyone out there actually done this mod?? Hints??? Thanks

[ChIoVnIdCa]

yes... Buy the kit or make it yourself. Fuse both ends of the power wire.. Not much to it.

[Leung]

so what guage wire and what rating on that fuse would you recommend? i see those "marine" battery boxes at wally world for pretty cheap and wouldn't mind doing this myself to free up some room in my engine bay.

[ChIoVnIdCa]

so what guage wire and what rating on that fuse would you recommend? i see those "marine" battery boxes at wally world for pretty cheap and wouldn't mind doing this myself to free up some room in my engine bay.

You still need a sealed battery with the marine boxes, the box is not sealed and has no vent. You can run a regular battery if properly vented in a proper enclosure . I have two 4 ga runs but you can definitely get away with one.

[Leung]

yeah i was thinking of upgrading to an Optima and getting away from this ugly autozone battery.

[nine_deuce]

So if I were to get an Optima battery, throw it in my trunk, would that work? as far as needing ventilation. I've smelled a bad battery, holy shit that stinks! And would regular 4 gauge amplifier power wire work?

[whitecoupe91]

Yeah 4gauge amp wire works, that's what I have in my car. I have a Marine batt. box for a groupe 24 batt. I have a 100amp fuse at the batt and the 80amp fuse in the fuse box under the hood were the power wire is ran. make sure you put a good body ground in the trunk and under the hood. I'm also using an Autozone batt. in the batt box and it's fine.