Battery Relocation (Need answer quick)

[mushroom_toy]

Well I relocated my battery to the trunk, and was using 8 guage wire, and a amp fuse. The amp fuse blew when cranking the car over. My negative is grounded to the body. I am going to pick up some more battery cable in an hour or so. How many feet should I get? Do I need a fuse? Do you think autozone would have the fuse? Ill call I just need to know how many feet i need and what guage of cable to use. Was thinking 4 or 2.

[2ndGenGuy]

8 gauge will not cut it. It's barely enough for some amps, let alone your whole car. Bigger is better, depending on how long you run the wire. 4 gauge minimum, I'd say, if you can afford 2 gauge, get it. Get enough to run the entire length of your car. Extra is always good for running it through various channels and tunnels.

[russiankid]

Go 2 gauge or 0.

[mushroom_toy]

Well could I get away with using the 8guage? I found out no one in town has any battery cable left, so I have no way to get it and no way to crank the car. I have class tomorrow. Could I get away with using it till this weekend? I can take the fuse out and run it

[russiankid]

Can you make it down to Lowes oh Home Depot? I am using 4g wire from Lowes for my ground for the battery to chasis to starter.

[labeledsk8r]

its not smart to try to get away with it, 8 is just to thin, it be scared to burn or melt something, i would def go 2 guage or even a nice 0 gauge bigger the better. i would say if your really needing the car to run, put the batt back in its stock spot for a few more days until you can locate some wire and other parts, its better to be safe then sorry

[2ndGenGuy]

If you need it so badly, can't you just hook the battery back up in the stock location until you can get it set up right? :dunno:

[mushroom_toy]

Well they both close at 10 and i have no way to get there.

[mushroom_toy]

If you need it so badly, can't you just hook the battery back up in the stock location until you can get it set up right? :dunno:

CAI is in the way....that was the point of moving the battery.

[mushroom_toy]

Oh I might be able to get down to Lowes....anyone know how many feet I will need. I really dont have money to buy extra should 7-8 feet be enough.

[labeledsk8r]

CAI is in the way....that was the point of moving the battery.

swap back to a ram air set up. i mean theres no point to the CAI if the car catches fire do to a badly set up batt relocation. i think your can can hadnle another week on a lesser intake

[Bglad420]

I'm running 1/O welding cable, why are you running a fuse??

[mushroom_toy]

^Actually its not that....the other intake kind of got destroyed.....

[Bglad420]

You'll need about 10 feet for a sedan I used 8 and I have a hatch

[mushroom_toy]

I'm running 1/O welding cable, why are you running a fuse??

Safer.

[mushroom_toy]

any certain amp rating i should get?

[mushroom_toy]

nevermind im fucked anyway cant leave the house without a car....and my mother is gone. oh well.

[labeledsk8r]

^Actually its not that....the other intake kind of got destroyed.....

ahh.... that would be a good point, what about just the filter right on the TB?
wouldnt look nice but it would be driveable and you wouldnt be sucking crap into your engine

[mushroom_toy]

^Another reason is I already have the battery box with the battery in it bolted in my trunk.

[mushroom_toy]

Well everyone barely made it to Lowes before they closed, but I got some wire. Got 4 guage, and it should be plently for now considering its industrial quality. Got my cai in as well, but stll having a couple problems with it. ill post pics tomorrow.

[MessyHonda]

4 guage should be ok. i think its rated to flow like 98amps...il have to check my book.

8 guage is for like 60 amps max and our cars pump out 70 amps from the alternator.

[mushroom_toy]

Yeah the 4 guage I got is only like 6 strands of copper its so thick. I was gonna go 2 guage , but 2 gauge would have taken up so much space in my car. The 2 they had, was like 11/2 " in diameter.

[AccordEpicenter]

youre gonna need at least a 150 amp fuse or so id say. Id say 1/0 copper wire would be ideal for this instance

[ghettogeddy]

youre gonna need at least a 150 amp fuse or so id say. Id say 1/0 copper wire would be ideal for this instance

why fuse it wouldn't a solid line be better

[stat1K]

someone needs to get a dry cell. pc680 ftw it's about 3 inches by 11 inches by 10 inches. it's tinyyyyyyy and it cranks my crx nice and hard. i had it relocated to the hatch with 4 awg and it would blow fuses all the time. changed to 2 awg same thing so i just put it in the bay since it's so small now it cranks like 1/2 and it starts lol. just get one and slide it since it's so small.