Jcrow Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 I built this tray for the passenger side of the trunk. It bolts to a nut welded to the wheel well, and to 2 bolts coming from the back. Here it is with the Optima red top and wires. The positive wires are double 3 gauge running to a 150 Amp fuse then to the front. The ground is the bolt welded to the fenderwell. The sidepost connections go to the stereo. Here is the ground bolt under the hood. You can see the battery cable under the turbo And heres gonna be why I need a battery in the trunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rshissler Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 very nice i like that alot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonyman87 Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 very nice and overkill but very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamz Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 good job on that ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Did you fuse your positive wire? I'm just scared of that wire wearing a hole through the insulation and shorting out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcrow Posted February 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Yes, I fused the positive cable right after the battery - Dont want to do any unintentional welding LOL. Its a tsunami fuses holder from the local stero shop. I got a 150 amp and a 200 amp fuses. The 150 seems to be enough, I started it with the headlights on and it didn't blow. So I'll keep the 200 as a spare (dont want to get stranded with no fuse!) Where the positive wire runs through the firewall I wrapped it in sheet metal so any sharp edges will dig into the metal and not the wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTPrix Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 It appears that there are top terminals and side posts on the battery as well? If not, what are the top top posts for? And when you do a battery relocation, does it really matter what battery you replace the stock # one with (as that one is a Optima and I didn't think Optima made a stock replacement fo the Cutty)? Drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Good........if you do have trouble blowing fuses......wire them in parallel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcrow Posted February 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 I used the top terminals to go to the original battery wires, and the side terminals to the stereo. It dosent matter what kind of battery it is, just the cca number must be the same as or higher than stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTPrix Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 O ok cool. I was wondering what the other wires comin off were for. Cool! Drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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