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?

[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?

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.