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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 07:39 AM
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thanks... the battery tray we didnt make, just came up with our own mounting solution for it. Do a search on ebay for optima battery tray and look at all of the options out there... or go to summit racing, they have a nice one there as well. What i did with the tray was mounted above the floor by about a 1/4 of an inch. That way i could cut the carpet smaller than the tray so it would go under the tray and look cleaner.
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 08:20 AM
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thanks for the input, the morosso box and the taylor boxes are just too big when relocating to the trunk.
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 11:13 AM
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Bigric, do you have a link for the trunk mount kit? I've been wanting to do one for a while now.
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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its really not a kit... i picked up pretty much everything from ebay except for the battery. Pick whatever terminals you want to use... i chose one with a digital readout. I picked 18ft of 0 gauge wire (probably could/should have used 4 though) ... i picked up 2 stinger groud feet (only used 1), 2 stinger distro blocks (used 1).

Search criteria:
Ground feet
Ground distribution
optima battery tray
digital battery terminal
0 or 4 gauge wire

that was all i needed. Minus a few misc cables i had laying around to make lines longer or to change the run length or path. A fairly easy but time consuming process.
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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I kinda of did the same thing too, got the optimium in the rear also couldn't deal with that weak cranking
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jamsky
So you mean you got 2 batteries now?
what are you high
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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looks good.
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 05:22 PM
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how long did you have your mini battery before it started cranking weak? ...and is it just in the cold weather?
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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about a year and a half... but, the cold weather im sure is one of the culprits and im sure my system is not helping any
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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does that tray hold the battery good? I have the same battery but I made my own tray but that one looks a lot nicer.
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 05:56 PM
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i did relocate my battery with the summit racing kit. it is a pain in the neck to do it right.
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 06:02 PM
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pretty nice setup...
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 11:04 PM
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looks like that filter barely fits
Old Jan 22, 2008 | 01:33 AM
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i think jamsky in confused!!!!!!!............LOL

nice job ric.......looks clean like always with you.
Old Jan 22, 2008 | 02:19 AM
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Thanks fellas....

filter fits just fine actually, i just switched to the 4" intake so its a little shorter than the original 3" pipe. Soon the air box comes, so its a temp position.

Tray holds the battery pretty solid. At first i was a little worried because the battery didnt seem to drop down in the tray very much, but even without the clamps on it, she is pretty solid in the tray, after the clamps its even better.

Jamsky is definitely lost on this one

Rob, i should have your manifold and other stuff back in a couple weeks


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