Re: Trunk mounted battery.....how do YOU route the cable?
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I've had a trunk mount battery (Direct Connection kit) in my Challenger T/A for about 30 yrs, no issues, cable mounted inside under the carpet, tucked inside drivers sill, over the rear wheel well, clipped along the underside of package tray/rear qtr,...battery on the PASSENGER side...use a grommet where it passes thru the firewall to the starter, on an auto car, you could use the clutch rod hole, I prefered to exit just under the firewall pinchweld flange...but again use a grommet and secure the cable WELL, as it will be the biggest smoldering wick if you hack it in the car
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Re: Trunk mounted battery.....how do YOU route the cable?
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Exactly how I did the Charger. Tim
'71 Charger 383/727 '17 Challenger SXT (Wifeys car )
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Re: Trunk mounted battery.....how do YOU route the cable?
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The one on my 67 Dart GTS chafed through the firewall grommet and set the car on fire! Make sure to use a nice, thick grommet and check it periodically!
I always run mine under the car for this very reason, you can tuck it up nicely against the body channel or in my case, the subframe connectors, it always amazed me that NHRA let them in the interior, oh wait!, nothing surprises me when it comes to NHRA's train of thought.
Joey
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Re: Trunk mounted battery.....how do YOU route the cable?
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The one on my 67 Dart GTS chafed through the firewall grommet and set the car on fire! Make sure to use a nice, thick grommet and check it periodically!
I always run mine under the car for this very reason, you can tuck it up nicely against the body channel or in my case, the subframe connectors, it always amazed me that NHRA let them in the interior, oh wait!, nothing surprises me when it comes to NHRA's train of thought.
Joey
UNDER the car, not in the interior! Along the frame sections and subframes! Fire is a bad thing.
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Re: Trunk mounted battery.....how do YOU route the cable?
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You need to make sure the feed is dead when not cranking, otherwise you are really risking a dead short on a very large gauge cable. It is not possible to fuse the starter feed due to the high amp draw so use a Ford-style relay with a feed from the switch that has a fuseable link.
As far as the routing under the car seems safer although both ways can be safe as long as you do it right.
383, Hemi 4-Speed, AlterKtion, D60
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Re: Trunk mounted battery.....how do YOU route the cable?
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You need to make sure the feed is dead when not cranking, otherwise you are really risking a dead short on a very large gauge cable. It is not possible to fuse the starter feed due to the high amp draw so use a Ford-style relay with a feed from the switch that has a fuseable link.
As far as the routing under the car seems safer although both ways can be safe as long as you do it right.
WINNER!
Grommets on a high amp line like that, use a pass through. Nothing like a 1 gauge unfused wire going to ground.
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