where did you guys drill your hole for the battery to amp line ? how much of a pain is it ? do i have to take apart the dash ?

 

On the bird i drilled mine on the drivers side in the little corner there of the firewall. YOu can feed the wire through and pretty much feel it come through by just pulling off the kick panel. The rs's i just did yesterday and just had to make my exsisting hole bigger as there was already a hole there for my alarm wire. ANd my stereo wiring was 8 awg. Just make sure you put a grommet in the hole before you feed the wire. THe hole is right next to a cable that runs through i think its for the cruise control.

 

its ur hood release latch. i know becuz i ran mah wires for mah fan thru it

 

That is exactly where I put mine

 

On cars that have the battery on the passenger side, I've found the passenger side kick panel, an inch or 2 away from the antenna grommet, to be the best spot. On cars with the battery on the driver's side, I drill a hole in the firewall in the vicinity of the clutch master cylinder.

 

on cars that have an auto and drivers side battery, there should be a big grommet where the clutch pedal would be, worked good for me

 

do our cars have that so called grommet cuz ive yet to see it

 

No they don't. I've done an auto to manual conversion, and I had to cut the hole in the firewall.

 

I THOUGHT SO!!!

 

I've got that grommet on my '86. Didn't realize it was a grommet, though, for my first amplifiers... and drilled two holes (one for each power wire) thru the firewall on the driver's side. I realized it was a plug later on. Maybe it's year-dependant? My battery is on my driver's side, and I also have an automatic- and my car's an '86.

Remember to drill from the "inside" of the car towards the engine. There's a ton of stuff in the dash that you don't want to drill into!

Plus, you can use all the stuff in the firewall to "locate" the exit point of the hole you're going to drill. Yeah it's a pain, but it's more of a pain in the neck (literally) than "technically hard".

When I punched out the firewall plug, I used a hammer & punch to knock it "in" towards the engine. Any '86 guys here with auto trannies want to verify that the plug exists?

 

My buddy did a swap in his 92 and there was no grommet either. Nobody that I've ever talked to who did the 5-speed swap was lucky enough to just have to pull out a grommet... we all had to cut holes. I don't know what that grommet is for, and why some cars have it, but I can't imagine it's for the clutch.

 

well the slave for the coutch should be near the brake master cylinder so.....

 

no kidding sherlock. I know exactly where it is. I also know that the factory 5 speed cars (I have a couple of those too) have a 2nd reinforcement plate welded to the firewall on the outside that the automatic cars don't have. The 5 speed cars have more differences from the automatic cars than people realize, so I find it highly unlikely that somewhere after 85 and before 92 that GM decided to make the cars the same and just add a rubber grommet.

 

I did not have a hole either when I swapped in my T56.

 

Guys I still have my car apart and the grommet is there. I have a 89 gta. If I can, I will take a pic a show you where its at. Brannon

 

pics yes

you may be talking about something else but pics would help

 

you don't have to drill a hole. there is a gromit on the driverside where the steering column meets the fire wall

 

............................................................................................................... i can't believe you did that..... well i have a 91 RS with auto i'd go outside to check it out but it's like 1 million degrees outside and ten times hotter in mah car.

 

After working in a stereo shop for a short time, I found that almost every car has a place to sneak a wire through.

Thirdgens definitly have a few places to pull some 8awg through.

Some cars even have places to pull 4awg through, some have good power taps on the interior fuse panel......but that's still a little 'hack' IMO considering you're pulling power through two fuses. The battery is the only place to connect to in my book.

After awhile, I found myself using my 'fishing rod' more and my drill less and less.

 

My buddy and I drilled in the spot right under the brake master cylinder. Its really easy to hide the wire under the hood doing this.

 

Battery is on the passenger side on my car. I drilled a hole behind the passenger kick panel and routed it behind the fender into the engine bay. Wire loom all the way.