moving the battery

[lamwagon 0]

just wondering wots involed in moving the battery in my 1991 g60 to the boot

any help would be very helpful cheers

 

adam :)

[saysomestuff 0]

make brackets, buy long wire :lol:

done

[lamwagon 0]

cheers mate never thourght it would be that easy, i take it u run the cable inside the car under the carpets

 

cheers adam

[billinjah 0]

yeah under the carpet away from yer rca's! why dya want it in the boot anyway?

[lamwagon 0]

just wanna tidy it up, just looking for idears at the mo

[billinjah 0]

id leave it where it is and concentrate on tidying the wiring up, unless you realy need to i.e. if you have a different motor under the bonnet there isnt much point.

[Walesy 0]

yeah, the boots sh1te enough as it is :wink:

[**Ian** 0]

I moved my celica GT4 battery so i could fit a straight intake, use 2 live wires(both fused by the battery) one thick wire for starter and one thinner wire for fusebox, a welder power cable is good as its quite flexable. :)

[dr_mat 0]

If you relocate the battery, either make sure it's a sealed battery (and never ever buy a non-sealed one!!), or make sure that you encase it in a sealed acid-proof box. And that includes the lid. Acid inside the car if you roll it makes a bad situation much worse!

[Kevin Bacon 5]

If you mount it in the spare wheel well, then there's a hole there already for ventilation and drainage.... Optimas are about as sealed as you can get, but have you seen the price of them?

[dr_mat 0]

And then there's the issue of voltage drop down the looong cables to the bonnet. It hardly seems worth it to me!

[GrahamU 5]

And then there's the issue of voltage drop down the looong cables to the bonnet. It hardly seems worth it to me!

 

Get the thickest cable you can, 2 or 0 gauge, that will illiminate alot of voltage drop. Same principle as running a cable for a large amp install. A good Car hifi shop will supply decent cable.

[lamwagon 0]

ok so its not such a gd idear then :lol: , cheers for the advice lads

[Taggart 0]

Why did you want to do it?

[lamwagon 0]

just wanted a nice tidy engine bay

[dr_mat 0]

Get rid of that messy engine then!

[lamwagon 0]

wot would you surrgest then

[bix 0]

Put the engine in the boot as well, will be really tidy then, wont have to worry about volt drop. :lol:

[A20 LEE 0]

think its in the place is it for balance.

[mgbv8mike 0]

Surprisingly, nobody has mentioned the most valid reason, .....in order to shift a chunk of weight from in front of the front wheels (bad place) to the back of the car inside the wheelbase (good place).

 

The Corrado's an amazingly good handling car considering it's appalling nose heaviness.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

A good size battery weighs 13.5Kg, which is a nice chunk to remove from the nose weight, agreed.....and more weight over the back wheels is a good thing in a short wheel base, short rear overhang car too.

 

Don't forget nearly all modern Bimmers have the battery in the boot....but mainly because the engines are getting bigger and the bays smaller!

[A20 LEE 0]

doesn't that make the N/S/F light though, the engine is set off to the O/S/F with the driver. Battery in its current position will help to balance thing out a little?

[Supercharged 2]

I doubt it as most cars are designed in terms of weight disribution for LHD...

[mgbv8mike 0]

Would that be with or without a passenger ?

[dr_mat 0]

Never doubted the dynamic reasons for shifting that lump of weight into the boot.. But the practicalities of it obviously hadn't been thought out by the person who originally asked! :)