Battery relocation to trunk.

[jerryk]

Purpose: To move and shorten the air intake to the passenger side and install an electric supercharger.


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[Sad s13]

so what happens when the insulator falls off or the cable moves and hits the body?

[jerryk]

so what happens when the insulator falls off or the cable moves and hits the body?

The insulator can not fall off it is bolted into the fender on both sides.
If the outside fender is smashed so hard that the terminal is pushed into, some sheet metal surface there is an 80A fuse on the battery box to kill the circuit.
It is sold at Jegs.

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[JohnnyDrfiter22]

did you say electric supercharger......wow RICER ALERT!!!They dont work!!

[projectb13]

^^^ agree youll make as much hp as a cai

[jerryk]

^^^ agree youll make as much hp as a caiThe purpose of a supercharger is to forces air into the throttle body. The one I am planning to install produces 850CFM and is energized by a switch on the throttle cable so it only kicks in when the accelerator depressed to a full or close to full position. 850CFM is very significant.
I also have headers installed and will be bringing air from a hole in the bumper directly under my K&N filter which will be enclosed in a box.

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[ZX88]

i ran my positive cable though the firewall. i wouldnt want my tire eating my positive battery cable : \

[projectb13]

well hope it works out for you

[awesomenick]

Maybe you should look at other options. There are very few "electric superchargers" that are even close to being effective.

i.e.
thomas knight : turbo upgrades + superchargers (http://www.boosthead.com/home.php)

But still, a belt or exhaust driven one is even better.

If you want to you can waste your money on that leaf blower motor. How many PSI do you think it will build? Probably not much.

[juice.def]

Intresting... that battery relocation looks like it came out pretty dope though.

[Jordn]

Electric Supercharger. Awesome work, simply awesome.

Why not twin-charge it with an electric turbo [AKA hairdryer] too?

Should be a rocket-ship.

[gippy87]

people are right here gains are very minimal if any at all with the electric supercharged. The only ones I've read good things about were already posted Thomas knight. Let us know how it works out though you should dyno before and after to see how effective it really is.

[sac]

it looks good. Not really my style of relocation. but it is clean

[jerryk]

I have seen the errors in my judgment. No electric supercharger. I am going to continue with the relocation of my K&N filter to the passenger side. The next stage is to make an install a direct cool air feed pipe from the front fender into the engine compartment. It will start with a 3“ hole in fender into an electric rainy day gate into a four inch hole through the battery compartment, directly under the K&N filter. The filter will be connected to a short custom pipe leading to the throttle body.

[Project3328]

lol why dont u just put ur intake on the outside of the car

[boro otaku]

The relocation job is well done. I'm not sure you need a battery box with an Optima battery though?

[projectRDM]

Agreed, box isn't needed, just extra crap and wright.

Also, get rid of the starter relay next time you're under the hood, it looks like it's just dying to go out on you. They all do.

[awesomenick]

I have seen the errors in my judgment. No electric supercharger. I am going to continue with the relocation of my K&N filter to the passenger side. The next stage is to make an install a direct cool air feed pipe from the front fender into the engine compartment. It will start with a 3“ hole in fender into an electric rainy day gate into a four inch hole through the battery compartment, directly under the K&N filter. The filter will be connected to a short custom pipe leading to the throttle body.

This is a better plan than the first. Nice battery location too btw! Looks like you did it right.

[Om1kron]

My positive battery cable is running under my car mixed in with my gas tank vent lines, should make a super awesome explosion if the electric tape the original owner used as a grommet ever melts off and that cable shorts out on the chassis.

It's on my list of shit to fix ASAP! lol.

[awesomenick]

Haha. Does it have a fuse?

[Om1kron]

Haha. Does it have a fuse?

Nope, so hopefully the car was blessed by a rabbi or something lol. It has corroded battery connectors that are rusting apart and were also exposed to metal. I just recently had to put electrical tape over those, probably why my KA has had all of the problems running because that contacted the body and shorted out my ecu.

[xplicit240]

good idea. but i would have just rather ran it through my firewall. i would feel alot safer. but nice clean job!

[jerryk]

The relocation job is well done. I'm not sure you need a battery box with an Optima battery though?

Original plan was for a standard battery, but was unhappy about venting. The $16.00,1 pound plastic marine box was already purchased and cut, the battery frame fitted for the box completed what the hey It looks like a piece of luggage and the lid stops anything from shorting out the terminals.

[jerryk]

good idea. but i would have just rather ran it through my firewall. i would feel alot safer. but nice clean job!

I decided to make this car last another 20 years so I went for what I believed was a much cleaner install. I was concerned about a crash so everything is double protected. All cabling is 1/0 gauge. The tray is made of heavy gauge steel welded to the floor with a reinforced plate welded under the car frame. The strut tower bar adds another level of protection taking the first impact if the battery dislodged. It is not going anywhere. The positive line contains an 80Amp reset fuse block on the battery box and a 100Amp rated continuous battery isolation latching relay, mounted behind passenger seat. It has a remote momentary negative pulse panic switch mounted near the driver. This is a sweat piece of gear. The push button is not an on off switch it just make a momentary ground connection which either connects or disconnects the battery. The latching means that the relay stays in that position until the button is pressed again.

If this system fails, I do not think I will be around to think about how I could make it better.

[jerryk]

lol why dont u just put ur intake on the outside of the car

I did not want to concern myself with water getting into the filter. Therefore, I decided to run the shortest possible air supply from the bottom of the front bumper to under and through the battery box plate. The air passageway will be equipped with a remote controlled electric 3” shut off valve that can be closed in rainy conditions. I am thinking about enclosing the K&N filter in a box. The box would have two one-way 3-Inch flaps that would open inward if the throttle body created an increased demand for air. I need more research to determine if a three-inch bumper hole can supply enough forced air to satisfy the throttle body.

[Bigsyke]

I did not want to concern myself with water getting into the filter. Therefore, I decided to run the shortest possible air supply from the bottom of the front bumper to under and through the battery box plate. The air passageway will be equipped with a remote controlled electric 3” shut off valve that can be closed in rainy conditions. I am thinking about enclosing the K&N filter in a box. The box would have two one-way 3-Inch flaps that would open inward if the throttle body created an increased demand for air. I need more research to determine if a three-inch bumper hole can supply enough forced air to satisfy the throttle body.

Your better off building a duct.