battery relocation kit

[swampy]

One set up if cables to enable you to relocate the battery to the boot.
All ends are crimped and solderd for a good trouble free installation and use.

Made from 135amp battery cable that is
Oil
Acid
Petrol resistant

Power cables are in red ( as they should be)
Earthes are black

All joints are heat shrink sealed to stop water getting in

Included are
1.cable from boot to engine bay
2. Cable from junction in bay to starter
3. Cable from junction in bay to alternator
4. Two short earth straps
Pair of battery clamps

£70 deliverd

[swampy]

Gathering g dust

[kingy]

my battery is already in the boot with a + terminal under the bonnet in case you need to jump start. but then i do drive a bmw.

[Pompey306mark]

I will have this tomorrow if all goes well in the morning.

[swampy]

I will have this tomorrow if all goes well in the morning.

Did it go well whatever it was?

[swampy]

After completing marks kit I have enough left to do another kit the same

[swampy]

Still have the 2 nd set available

[swampy]

Still have one kit here

[Pompey306mark]

has mine been sent?

[Grant]

Got any pics?

Cheers

[scottbmxer]

Yeah any pics? might be interested

[swampy]

mark, yes they are on the way.

here is a pic of them, hard to show a collection of wires.
missing from the pic is the battery terminals but they look like a battery terminal

[swampy]

Still have one

[Pompey306mark]

Still waiting on mine.

[Piggy]

Where do people run this? Through the bulkhead and interior or under chassis??

do most drop the battery in a tub in the spare wheel centre?

[swampy]

They run thru the bulkhead

Then the main cable is long enough to fit the battery either behind the passenger seat or at the rear of the boot area

[Piggy]

and its ok not to run a earth from front to rear? no issues there?

[Niall]

and its ok not to run a earth from front to rear? no issues there?

No all you need to do is run an earth from the neg terminal of the battery to a clean secure place on the body. At the engine bay end, any earths that went straight from something to the battery (alternator for example i think), you just need to run these to the body. Theres no point in running a earth wire all the way back as the whole body is an earth so make use of that!

[swampy]

As above

Kit includes two earths
One to go from battery to a bolt on body
One to go from the starter bolt (same place normal battery earths) to the body

[cully]

what size cables do you use swampy
25mm for petrols 35mm for diesels?

[Just Sean]

Mine runs with the brake ljnes and up through the boot floor

[swampy]

Mine runs with the brake ljnes and up through the boot floor

Never being a fan of that way!
Cable is far more flexible than a BRAKELINE if one support clip gets damaged the cable hangs down and you run the risk of snagging it and loosing power.

All cables are 135amp continuous which is fine for both diesel and petrol, have used it many times to connect winches up on landies

[Danny2009]

Am I missing the point here or could you just rip the wires out of a bmw? Seems as though they have the battery in the boot as standard

[swampy]

You could yes but then you end up with a cable the wrong length, designed for a BMW with allots electrics and so is at least double the thickness you need and so also far heavier than required, weight is bad particularly when building a track car

[Piggy]

yeah but scrappy would want big money I expect for that.

and this kit is all ready made to go!

thanks for all advice.....have to ask, 25mm core?! what car would you need that on?!

[swampy]

yeah but scrappy would want big money I expect for that.

and this kit is all ready made to go!

thanks for all advice.....have to ask, 25mm core?! what car would you need that on?!

Have to over spec it, as when its cold etc you need more cranking power for longer

[cwspellowe]

You could yes but then you end up with a cable the wrong length, designed for a BMW with allots electrics and so is at least double the thickness you need and so also far heavier than required, weight is bad particularly when building a track car

Sorry, but

Anything for a sale eh?

[swampy]

You could yes but then you end up with a cable the wrong length, designed for a BMW with allots electrics and so is at least double the thickness you need and so also far heavier than required, weight is bad particularly when building a track car

Sorry, but

Anything for a sale eh?

Nope just telling it how it is.

If people want to strip them out of a BMW then use a cable that is far thicker, heavier and longer than you need then that's up to them.

But if they are moving the battery to the boot they are normaly doing it to even up the weight distribution so don't want to be adding loads of extra cable

[Piggy]

Yeah 25mm is way over kill

[swampy]

Yeah 25mm is way over kill

Good job I don't use that size then!!