Battery Trunk Relocation

[SleepinGVR4]

Just wanted to make a little comment that is relevant to this thread. I asked Curtis some questions able having sufficient grounds when relocating the battery. He said that not having enough grounds can cause a lot of weird problems. IE. gas mileage, lights dimming, idle problems, etc.

So I decided that I didn't have enough grounds and ran another ground from the battery to where the lap belt bolts to the body (didn't get a long enough length to go all the way to back up to the engine bay). I plan on running another ground from lab belt bolt to the engine bay.

But just adding this one extra ground gave me almost 100 extra miles to a tank of gas. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jawdrop.gif I was only getting 200 miles to a tank, and that will put a dent in your wallet when you daily drive your car. But yesterday I did some highway driving and in town driving and got 285 miles to a tank. With another ground, over 300 miles to a tank is definitely possible.

 

[mitsuturbo]

I've just ordered an extra 17ft of 1/0 Gauge wire for my ground. I plan to ground this wire about every 2 ft until one of the engine/tranny bolts. I've now 34 feet of 1/0 Gauge wire. 17ft blue and 17ft black. I'll be sure and document my install for others. My battery setup has cost me about $500 so far (including optima yellow top). I'm hoping it will look damn good and work out well.