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2006: ENGINE COMPARTMENT MAKEOVER: BATTERY RELOCATION: WIRING THE BATTERY & RUNNING TO THE STARTER
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Wiring into the car to the battery
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Battery in the box.... with the 2 cables to the battery...
Here is the new power cable... Sitting a bit ackward with the high box lip...
We had to notch the box to get the cable to sit low enough for the box top to go on!
Now the cable sits much better.
PLus, there is less stress on the connection!
Same done to the negative cable
Now the top finally goes on!
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Wiring under the car to the starter
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Here you can see the 2 cables exiting the body from the battery. The ground cable attached to the body with a key for battery cut off. The power cable turns and runs to the front of the car.
Here is the power cabel as its making its way up the body into the rear passenger fender well.
Now you can see it in the fender well...
Here as it starts to turn and go down to run along the rockers
We decided to tuck it in next to the subframe connector for protection...
As it makes the turn with the subframe connectors arm that goes under the catalytic convertor
It travels down this arm and then runs across the frame rail to tuck in to next to the tranny and run up the frame rail to the location of the remote starter.
We decided to set the car up with a remote starter (distribution hub) for all the power lines coming in. get them away from the headers that had been chargrilling them over the years.
Here I have marked the 2 cables... the one on the right is the the power off the battery... the one on the left is the one going to the car's starter.
Here we follow the length running to the factory starter
This really makes things cleaner!
Still have a few goodies to wire in, like a power cable running across the tranny tunnel over to a power dist block for some misc power lines on the driver's side!
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DIRECTORY FOR RAIF'S ENGINE DETAILING SITE
01 Site Overview
02 Wire Looms: Version I (Pre 2006) & Version II (Post 2006)
03 Silicone Hoses: Version I (Pre 2006) & Version II (Post 2006)
04 Coolflex
05 Aftermarket Aluminum Pieces
06 Polishing Aluminum
07 Polished Stock Aluminum Pieces
08 Polished Accent Pieces
09 Fiero Valve Covers
10 Polishing Steel & Ceramic Coating It
11 Aftermarket Chrome Pieces
12 Professionally Chromed Stock Pieces
13 Miscellaneous Touches
14 Final Pics of the Engine W/ Stock 2.8 Plenum & runners
15 Truleo Custom Intake
16 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Overview
17 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Battery Relocation: Installing the Battery Box
18 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Battery Relocation: Running Wiring Under Chassis <<<
19 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Hiding the wiring: MSD Box Mounting
20 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Hiding the wiring: Part I
21 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Hiding the wiring: Part II
22 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine & Tranny: Stripping & Prepping
23 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine & Trannny: Painting Candy Apple Red
24 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Accessories: Candy Apple Red: Prep, Prime, & Base
25 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Accessories: Candy Apple Red: Clear Coat
26 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Accessories: Black
27 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine Bay: Welding, Stripping, & Filling
28 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine Bay: Prepping & Priming
29 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine Bay: Clear Coat
30 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Engine Installation
31 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Engine Installation: Accessories
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