Battery relocation.

[whitesemen]

Alright so i relocated my battery to the rear(trunk) wired it up to my battery now on the first switch turn it shows sign of current going threw after that it jusst dies. now am not sure if there enough voltage going threw or running idk its my 1st time doing this . thanks

[newslidz]

check your grounds/ connections

[Rabboni]

What gauge wire did you use to run to the front of the car? Also, can you be more specific on what your problem is? I cant help you if i cant figure out what is wrong from your description.

[fufanu180]

did you ground very close to the battery?

long grounds are no good especially when it comes to audio.

just my .02

[s14canyoncity]

What gauge wire did you use to run to the front of the car? Also, can you be more specific on what your problem is? I cant help you if i cant figure out what is wrong from your description.

i was just gonna say that more details/description please....

did you ground very close to the battery?

long grounds are no good especially when it comes to audio.

just my .02

i thought were just talking about relocation battery...... not sure about the audio comment


anyways, yeah check the ground and check the connection in the engine bay.

[whitesemen]

My ground isn't far its in the rear chassis. Now I have the power going to the starter. My problem is I can't. Get enought voltage am guessing to start my car up .

[nismoman]

If it worked properly before you moved the battery then it most likely is your ground connection like someone else said. Did you clean the grind point down to bare metal? And what gauge wire did you use? Too small wire can cause a huge voltage drop. Tell us exactly how you did the setup

[brndck]

hopefully you're using 2 gauge or 0. double check all ground points.

[Rabboni]

If you suspect your not getting enough voltage at the starter, then perform an available voltage test. Just have someone hold the ignition to crank and put your voltmeters positive lead on the starter positive lug, and ground the voltmeter negative lead. You should have battery voltage, or something very close to it. If not then either your cable is too small, or you have a high resistance connection somewhere.

[whitesemen]

Alright thanks ill post pics of my setup. also i was looking for a write up on this but couldnt get anything .

[I LUV MY S13]

Well again what gauging (size of cable) did you use? If you used the same size then all you did was increase resistance which will cause a drop in current. In other words you should have used thicker cables.

[stevenwhite1989]

Simple troubleshooting...
1. Check battery voltage...if thats good then....
2. check connections (includes grounding area, terminals, etc.)...if thats good then...
3. Make sure you have around a 2 AWG stranded wire to your + terminal, if not you are going to get huge voltage drop... if none of this works then let us know....

I just did this with my car, had issues with the ground not having a clean connection. But most of this has been said already in this thread. Good luck