Gatecrasher

Move the Battery to the Boot?

Has anyone got any experience doing this?

Can anyone Suggest a good replacement battery?

Cheers

Rolls

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I did this on my fiesta chap - fair simple to do - I kept all of the oiriginal wiring as was and used a distribution block in place of the normal battery to make things easier, and then connected this up to the battery using new heavy gauge battery wire hat you can get from the likes of polevolt. Think you'd be wanting to use a Varley, or other sealed type battery if its going to be in the cabin with you too..

Rippers

Adamski has done this aswell

Stoo

What are the benefits of this?

Kelv

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benefits are that you can then have a breather tank and windscreen washer tank fitted where the battery once was, freeing up engine bay space.

Dave Moss has had his moved to the boot, and mine is in process of being done aswell

oh and it aids (very slightly) to evening out weight distribution, if your that anal

Franco

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Yeah but ruins the boot space, where do you put the shopping!!

I did this on my fiesta Ben, we used pheonix gold amp wiring! Easy job to do from memory

Kelv

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you and the shopping, tart

Franco

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And what happens with the Pram! (Heaven forbid!!).

Kelv

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what, are you thinking that one day someone may break your legs so Tan' has to push you around in a Pram?


i put Tan' because no matter what way i go to spell her name i always get it the wrong way round, and i treasure my front teeth

Franco

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Yes she does get a tad TOUCHY about it!

Franco

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Ps check your emails!

Gatecrasher

Hiya Guys

I am loosing my tailgate and rear spoiler in place will be plastic items wich will mess up the weight of the rear end so i will be putting the battery and washer jet bottle in the boot to make the weight up and at the same time freeing up space in the front off the car and shifting some weight off that massivly heavey front end anal Kelv dont think there is anyone more anal about weight than you

Boot spce is allready fucked as i have the Danny_b Rear srutbrace and water injection tank there anyway so may as well fill it up with goodys

have been looking at these racing batterys and trays will they be ok?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=017

cheers

Franco

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Red tops are good mate!

Gatecrasher

will the one i picked be enough power as they got them from 8 to 60

Franco

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pass mate!

Kelv

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Ben, it also helps that im lightweight myself.

i did roll my eyes at being anal over weight saving, only because i know im a big culprit of it myself

also, if youve got the water injection tank in the boot, why dont you get the slightly larger one like goldbum has which does the windscreen aswell?

Rippers

Red tops In my experience are shit, massivly expensive, they are hardly any lighter and the cranking power is shit. Cossie's need a good cranking power esp if your putting the battery in the boot. Just get a decent smallish normal battery.

Kelv

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or what was the battery that Mulheran used?

Gatecrasher

Kelv i dont wnat to go for the bigger tank like goldbum as i use the water in my washer a lot in all my cars and the day the water injection come on will be the day i forgot to fill it up at leat with its own tank i know its going to be there when i need it

Cheers for the info Paul will stick with what i got as its only a year old and see whats about at shows ect and see what other people have and what they have found to be good ect

Charlie Chalk

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Easy to do mate, done on my GTiR

Gatecrasher

yeah? did you do it radders, what bits did you need?

Cars going to be off the road for a few weeks now till bedford i might go up Halfords buy the bits and go do it tonight

Feeling a bit better today and the Mrs has gone to see the Spice girls at the dome so im board anyways

what do i need?

Charlie Chalk

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my mate helped me


Just searched the net though, Read these mate

http://forums.evolutionm.net/archive...p/t-57954.html

http://thespfiles.blogspot.com/2006/...n-to-boot.html

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_1843/article.html

Gatecrasher

Nice one radders

So all the earth Wires are just connected to the Earth strap and not to to another cabel running to the boot? only cable that need to be run to the Battery is the Live?

Soon as parcel force gets the Fcuking arse in gear and picks up these parcels i will be off to have some fun

Gatecrasher

what other cheaky little mods you got done that you kept quiet?

Rippers

I was massily disapointed with the red top I bought for my old Fiesta Turbo so I'm glad to have put you off I think they would be usefull for a small kit car where the size in important as the red tops are realitivly small and if you had a basic kit car engine like a 1600 zetec with no ancillaries would be fine.

Charlie Chalk

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No probs mate I'll go get a picture of mine if you want.


time will tell

Gatecrasher

yes please mate of where you made connections where you put the earths ect in the engine bay and in the boot

Gatecrasher

just going to use the one i have so you saved me a few quid there paul

adamski frst

just earh all the std earths to the body then fit the new battery in the boot with a earth from the battery to the shell. Then as said take a distribution block off and run a nice thick wire to the rear to the battery did mine in no time so i have all my coils etc where my battery was and now the battery is on one siide of the boot and water inj the other ... would take a pic but my cars looking sorry for itself ...

any probs tho shout me its really easy

PewteRS

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I had an Optima yellow top on my last car but it was much heavier than a normal battery.

You shoud use a dry cell one if relocating to the boot or get a battery box incase of spliage.