Battery re-location

Hugh Janus · Post by **Hugh Janus** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:43 am

has anyone (specifically with a 200SX) ever used a battery re-location kit, if so is it easy to do? (please bear in mind i am shockingly bad with a spanner)

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:11 pm

one or two people have done it,but i really dont see a need,if its so you can fit a intercooler then they do a battery that fits in sideways

323ian · Post by **323ian** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:41 pm

I have done this to my S12 Silvia a couple of weeks ago.
Only reason i did this was so i could fit an intercooler into the engine bay as the car was never designed to have one.
Its not too bad to do but you need a blowtorch and some big solder to join the cables and lots of cable!

ants13 · Post by **ants13** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:54 pm

Ive done it in an s13 and just amde everything up myself.

Hugh Janus · Post by **Hugh Janus** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:00 pm

gary@apt wrote:one or two people have done it,but i really dont see a need,if its so you can fit a intercooler then they do a battery that fits in sideways

yeah its to fit an intercooler, i have got a small Nissan Micra battery on the car already but I'm not entirely sure its small enough

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:19 pm

I know a lot of people use the BMW E36 isolated positive terminal that sits under the bonnet that allows you to make a conection for the positive cable to run to the boot. The battery then earths out in the boot.
You need some sort of proper mounting or battery box for the boot.
You might find you need a slighly more powerful battery to compensate for loss in the extra length of cable.
I hope that this helps.

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:29 pm

Hugh Janus wrote:
gary@apt wrote:one or two people have done it,but i really dont see a need,if its so you can fit a intercooler then they do a battery that fits in sideways
yeah its to fit an intercooler, i have got a small Nissan Micra battery on the car already but I'm not entirely sure its small enough

the request for a hole cutter and a battery relocation was a give away

we use a varta one the works with most intercooler kits,saves hassle

Hugh Janus · Post by **Hugh Janus** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:47 pm

just had a quick look at the battery, it may just squeeze sideways obviously meaning i can drill away (once i get hold of a hole cutter of course) but the battery cables do not seem to be long enough, would these need extending or are the long enough just coiled down out of the way so to speak?

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:52 pm

you have to just reposition the leads

Hugh Janus · Post by **Hugh Janus** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:00 pm

super job, thanks Gary