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sent to those of you whose emails I had.

how did every one that did the battery relocation hook it up the pos term. where the battery was before? did you remove the terminal and straight wire or did you use the exisiting terminal and did you fuse it at all??

Yes you need a fuse or circuit breaker, at 150 amps. You also will need a distrabution block under the hood to connect the old wires to the new one.

couldnt you just run the power wire from the trunk to the engine bay, and connect that side to the connector that would normally have been connected to the battery terminal??
with a big bolt?
and wouldnt that act as your power distribution??

so basically run the power to the engine bay, and connect it with the old terminal connector that was there stock?

so instead of running a distribution block, to separate power, to the starter, and other accessories, wouldnt it be acceptable to just connect the cable from the battery in the trunk to battery terminal connector in the engine bay (used to connect directly to battery stock) and then just ground the negative terminal to the chassis??

wouldnt these be a simpler solution??

or am i nutz?

i know what im trying to ask, its just the words arent dur!
hopefully someone can interpret
cuz i plan on doing this within a week as well

try this:

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Your worded explanaton made sense to me...the Ground wires of your pic are confusing though....

But that is how I thought it was to be done.

minus using a big bolt...

You could, but you would have no good way of safely insulating the bolt from shorting. A short could lead to sparks, fire, messed up electical components, battery explosion, etc.

A disto. block is the safe way to do things. No need to try backwoods engineering when disto. blocks are easy, cheap, and safe.

You COULD always read the how-to that describes how, and where.. and follow it the way it says...

hey is was just a question??

no need to shoot me down

plz pm that how to however!!

what if there was a way to instulate said connecting device??

it would theoritically work?

Sticky / FAQ

and if anyone is interested in a subframe connector strictly for running their wires through, i will gladly sell you one subframe connector (you choose the side) for 1/2 price


ps that's what i plan to do as well. (relocate battery/run via SFCs). summit racing sells a nice battery relocation kit for around $50. ill have to check out Pep Boys' as well.


if youre going to take your tour to a track, you may need to get an electrical kill switch.