Escort battery in boot help

[dalmarshall]

My mk1 currently has a small Odyssey racing battery located under the drivers seat.

Although its very neat and tidy I'd rather have a 'proper' battery in the boot.

There are obviously loads of options but how have you done yours?

I don't want to use the spare wheel well I think it's better tucked up the back behind the back seat, although saying that, does it make it hard to access? so what's best:-

Alloy or plastic box

What size cable

Inline fuse? Etc etc

[livewire7116]

whats wrong with the odessy?

 

if it aint broke dont fix it!!

[dalmarshall]

Good question ........ And I can't give a particularly good answer tbh!

It was new last year and goes flat pretty quickly . My fault I suppose as I left it connected when the car wasn't used for a couple of weeks. It turns the engine over quite slow which isn't usually a problem as it will generally be on the button, but if it isn't, you haven't got much cranking time before you kill it . I think it's just one of those things I'd rather do before I get stuck in the middle of nowhere at silly o'clock. Yeah I know thats a part of osf ownership but I've never seen other road cars running a racing battery under the seat.

[rallyesport04]

plastic boxs are a bit of a pain ali trays are easier to clamp the battery in, mount the battery where ever you want thats the good thing about having a remote tray use a nice heavy duty cable i think on my rs i had used welding leads from work, you can buy some heavy duty inline fuses like i have on the rally car i dont think the main live is fused on a mk1 i didnt bother but i suppose its a good idea really newer cars are fused an if i was to do it again i would fuse it

[Savvi]

I'd fit one of the Mexico style trays in the spare wheel well, as Ford did many moons ago.

 

Modern cabling means that a heavy duty type doesnt have to be as thick and hard to bend as the old stuff but still carry the same power.

 

Fuses fit a heavy duty 100amp mega type located near the battery, you can buy a nice looking decent fuse holder to do that from a decent supplier or ebay ............ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-INLINE-ME ... 4aba3aa1af

 

The standard Mk1's have a fusable link to the main wiring loom feed, which is the small round terminal near the radiator support, which then supplies the ignition switch by the way !!!

[livewire7116]

i run the pc680 and mines left for weeks at a time and its always started when needed to, a little trick i used to do was add extra earth straps,

 

battery to earth

battery to engine

engine to chassis

 

creates a triangle and i never had issues with starting

if you fit one of those little solar chargers sat on rear parcel shelf might help as well

[rallyesport04]

The standard Mk1's have a fusable link to the main wiring loom feed, which is the small round terminal near the radiator support, which then supplies the ignition switch by the way !!!

 

 

never knew that those mega fuses is the type i have in the rally car there the only type i could find that would take my cable size