1/0 is thicker its the guage.....think of it like shotguns....the smaller you go the larger it gets...till you get to the otts...1/0 2/0 and up. local parts stores carry the wires here...my question is what does relocating the battery do to better the car? im curious if i should look into doing this....thats why im asking
i figured it was for weight....the guy that had it before me must have had trouble with corrosion because my poss. cable is pretty much streched to the max....im thinking about doing this....if i do it i would want it as close to the rear seat as possible to be out of the way....is there rules on where it has to be?
I don't think a switch on the rear of a street car is a good idea. To many a$$hats aroun here.
I've been running the kit for years now (the summit one) and it works great. Ibought the kit when it came out and I think I paid like $30 for teh whole thing. It comes with 2 ga. cable which is enough for just about all street cars. Plus its easier to route than the 0/1 ga. cable. Back then the summit kit was cheaper than buying the 2 ga. from the other guyz in their catalog (taylor, and painless) so I figured even if I dont use the kit its still cheaper. I ended up using the kit and it works just fine. Its a really good value in my opinion. Also, I have found the easiest way to wire it is to run the + from the new location battery to the starter and the + that used to go from the starter to the battery (underhood) to the power distribution box. Very easy and quick to do the wiring.
Where would I put a fuse and for what gcomfx.com ? I'm sorry I dont understand. Also i bolted my kill switch to the rear bumper support underneath the car. If you reach under the bumper right below the "G" in "MUSTANG" on the GT rear bumper it's right there you can t miss it. It's the cheapo Jegs/Summit kill switch. I have had it completely submerged in water before (with the car running) and it still works fine... for those of you who worry about something like that. I have submerged the car enough to get water into the tranny thru a bad tailshaft seal and the whole wiring setup works fine. Gotta love 12V systems.
Yes the lower the number or "gauge" the thicker the wire. The thicker the wire the lower the losses and also the more current you can pass through it at a given voltage. 2ga. is enough probably even for the 408 to be honest.
My harshest test on the car (and the 2 ga. cable) so far was actually a few weeks ago. As you chicagoans remeber we had that week where it was close to 0 deg. at night and about 10 deg. during the daytime. Anyways, my car sat outside for 4 days in that weather (w/o being touched) and I got it to start, albeit after about 10 sec. of slow cranking (bosch reman. starter) but it fired up. And this is with a 10.8:1 compression ratio 331 w/ a .544 lift cam and a stock untuned cpu. So if that 408 will run on 93octane and is tuned properly I think 2 ga. will be fine.
And yea moving the battery to the trunk is not only for weight transfer but weight distribution. The right rear of our cars is the lightest corner and thats where you want the battery for better traction, but it also reduces our heavy front weight bias for better and more neutral handling.
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