Mounting Battery in the Trunk...will this work?
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Car: 1991 Formula
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Mounting Battery in the Trunk...will this work?
I have a 1991 Formula and want to mount my Optime red top in the trunk. This was my plan....will it work?
Mount the Moroso blue box in the trunk and run the positive lead to the NHRA cutoff switch. From there run 0/1 gauge wire in conduit to the front of the car where the battery originally was (driver side front).
Using a distribution block from MAD electronics (see pic), connect the 0/1 wire from the battery, the original starter wire, a 10 gauge wire from the alternator and the 2 stock small gauge wires from the wiring harness which were originally mounted to the positive terminal.
Would this be good enough to power the starter and charge the battery? Has anyone done it like this before? Should I be adding anything to it?
Mount the Moroso blue box in the trunk and run the positive lead to the NHRA cutoff switch. From there run 0/1 gauge wire in conduit to the front of the car where the battery originally was (driver side front).
Using a distribution block from MAD electronics (see pic), connect the 0/1 wire from the battery, the original starter wire, a 10 gauge wire from the alternator and the 2 stock small gauge wires from the wiring harness which were originally mounted to the positive terminal.
Would this be good enough to power the starter and charge the battery? Has anyone done it like this before? Should I be adding anything to it?
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I wouldn't.
0/1 gauge is too big for that junction. Run it directly to the starter solenoid, and use that as your junction. Besides, you want your heavy positive cable to go directly from the battery to the starter solenoid. If there's a junction in between, and the connection ever became poor, it could actuall be a fire hazard with the xhundred amps that circuit can carry.
0/1 gauge is too big for that junction. Run it directly to the starter solenoid, and use that as your junction. Besides, you want your heavy positive cable to go directly from the battery to the starter solenoid. If there's a junction in between, and the connection ever became poor, it could actuall be a fire hazard with the xhundred amps that circuit can carry.
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