Def
11-26-2008, 08:25 PM
I'm relocating my battery to behind the passenger seat and I'm torn on how to route the positive cable. I've got three choices:
1. Go through a rubber grommet outside the cabin and run it along the passenger framerail with MS rubber clamps holding it.
2. Run it along the passenger seating area and up through the small AC evaporator line firewall pass through.
3. Run it along the passenger seating area up through the rubber grommet going to the pass. fenderwell.
Number 2 sounds nice, but not sure if I can fit the wire up around the evaporator box once I put it in there(wish I could get the NLA non-AC duct from Nissan for more space). My next choice would probably be number 1 just so I could really make sure it's isolated and the passenger couldn't potentially mess with it on track(kick/pull it).
Any ideas? I'm not really worried about the wire getting damaged running by the frame rail on number 1, as the clamps I'd use are "very nice" rubber lined aluminum clamps. Number 3 is my least favorite idea, but it seems to be the most common in the 240SX world. Not sure why, as I'd think the highest chance of making a short would be something hitting it in the fenderwell. I already have that access point capped off with an aluminum sheet too trying to reduce static pressure in the engine bay, so I'd have to mess with that to get it through(probably with a grommet). The few inches in the fenderwell and running right by the ECU just doesn't sound like a good plan to me if I can avoid it.
Thoughts?
1. Go through a rubber grommet outside the cabin and run it along the passenger framerail with MS rubber clamps holding it.
2. Run it along the passenger seating area and up through the small AC evaporator line firewall pass through.
3. Run it along the passenger seating area up through the rubber grommet going to the pass. fenderwell.
Number 2 sounds nice, but not sure if I can fit the wire up around the evaporator box once I put it in there(wish I could get the NLA non-AC duct from Nissan for more space). My next choice would probably be number 1 just so I could really make sure it's isolated and the passenger couldn't potentially mess with it on track(kick/pull it).
Any ideas? I'm not really worried about the wire getting damaged running by the frame rail on number 1, as the clamps I'd use are "very nice" rubber lined aluminum clamps. Number 3 is my least favorite idea, but it seems to be the most common in the 240SX world. Not sure why, as I'd think the highest chance of making a short would be something hitting it in the fenderwell. I already have that access point capped off with an aluminum sheet too trying to reduce static pressure in the engine bay, so I'd have to mess with that to get it through(probably with a grommet). The few inches in the fenderwell and running right by the ECU just doesn't sound like a good plan to me if I can avoid it.
Thoughts?