Mine is in the trunk also. I used 0 gauge I believe to the starter.No issues at all. Jeff is right.Much easier under the hood now. George --- On Thu, 6/25/09, Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: Battery Relocation Question > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 3:26 PM > > I moved the battery to the trunk on my 64 Polara 3 years > ago and it has > never had any cranking issues, even with only a 650 cca > battery. > Sure makes working under the hood a lot easier. > Dodger7998@xxxxxxx > wrote: > > > > > > what is the purpose of the relocation,,,,,,,are you > doing some sort of > > clone or? I started out with the > battery in the trunk of my max wedge > > car, > > and was having starting problems even with #2 welding > cable with a > > 1000cca > > battery ended up moving to under the hood, and it > cranks just fine with > > > > cheap #4 battery cables, give it some thought before > you cause yourself > > a > > problem jm2cw > > > > > > In a message dated 6/25/2009 3:39:00 P.M. Central > Daylight Time, > > dennis.2914@xxxxxxxxx > writes: > > > > > > I am in the process of relocating the battery in > my 63 Sport Fury to > > the > > trunk. > > > > The trunk floor where I am planning on putting the > battery is not > > level. > > > > > > The question is if the battery rack justs gets bolted > down where it > > goes > > or should the rack be shimmed to make it level? > > > > Thanks > > Dennis C. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1996 Dodge Ram 3500 Van Conversion > > 1964 Plymouth Belvedere 318 Auto > > 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury 383 4-speed > > 1949 Dodge Pickup 289/C4 soon to be changed > > 1998 Honda Valkyrie Standard > > > > > > ---- > > Please address private mail -- mail of interest > to only one person -- > > directly to that person. I.e., send > parts/car transactions and > > negotiations as > > well as other personal messages only to the > intended recipient, not to > > the > > Clubhouse public address. This practice will > protect your privacy, > > reduce > > the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar > > topic. > > Thanks! > > > > '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion > Guidelines: > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. ; > > > > > > > > > **************Shop Popular Dell Laptops now starting > at $349! > > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222031056x1201446063/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.dou > > > > bleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215910283%3B38350812%3Ba) > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Jeff Adams > 64 Polara > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one > person -- directly to that person. I.e., send > parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other > personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. > >