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I supported Toymods
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0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Mon, 23 August 2004 11:31
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ok, battery has to be moved to the boot to make room for intercooler piping... now I can source 3 metres of the stuff from a friend, and my question is should I use that 3 metres and put a join in the wire, or just buy the 3.5 metres I need from a shop and be done with it?
OR, should I take joorsh's suggestion (which I always shy away from regardless  ) and shell out for one of those teeny little expensive batteries? And how do they work power an average sound system with the engine off?
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I supported Toymods
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Mon, 23 August 2004 12:30
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Buy the 3.5m you need. The join will cause unwanted resistance.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Mon, 23 August 2004 12:53
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Although if you have a good connection the resistance should be negligible, especially in that gauge, another connection is just always going to be another thing to go wrong. Just get the right length.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Mon, 23 August 2004 13:21
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mmm, assumed as much
but confirmation is always good
I take it that's a "no" on buying the little dry cell ultima thingies?
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Lost in the K hole
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May 2002
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Mon, 23 August 2004 13:55
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whats the $ on the remaining 3m greg?
3m is almost exactly what id need if contemplaing such a move
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Mon, 23 August 2004 14:01
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Sealed lead acid batteries are cool 
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Mon, 23 August 2004 14:04
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Yes they are but are also expensive... $420 for the Optima one I bought. 
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Mon, 23 August 2004 14:09
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HAHAHAH!!!!
sorry but i just find it so amusing how much people pay for those things! no offense to you or anyone of course!
They are so not worth more than $200.
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Sydney
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Tue, 24 August 2004 00:47
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food for thought. put a isolating switch(rally style) in the cabin and use this as a point to join the cables. then again the cable aint that expensive just go to gaycar.
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adelaide
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Tue, 24 August 2004 01:12
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go to a decent tool shop and buy welding cable instead (its insulated better imo)
its all pretty cheap no matter if you use 'jaycar' type cable or the welding stuff but you def. want to get the right length
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Adelaide, SA
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June 2004
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Tue, 24 August 2004 06:15
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Go to BOC gas and get some 55mm^2 welding flex. Can be had for $8 a metre. Not quite as flexible as stinger\Aerpro, but still does the job.
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Tue, 24 August 2004 07:11
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Listen to Josh! The Josh is cool and good looking!
Rule 1: The Josh is always right.
Rule 2: If The Josh is ever wrong, see rule 1.
-J-
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I supported Toymods
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Tue, 24 August 2004 12:51
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well
just remembered my brother works for a rather large audio firm, and can almost certainly get me high quality 0 gauge for $0 .... so I'll be getting that
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Brisbane, QLD
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February 2003
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Thu, 26 August 2004 11:17
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i didnt think you could remove batteries to the boot of cars like ours since the boot shares a "common" area with the cabin
or are you somehow sealing the battery and punching a hole in the side of your car for a vent?
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I supported Toymods
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Thu, 26 August 2004 11:34
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exactly
sealed battery, fixed, vented to atmo
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I supported Toymods
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Thu, 26 August 2004 13:42
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ma61s have that very convenient vent out the side of the car, which can be tapped into from the interior without excessive butchery
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Brisbane, QLD
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Thu, 26 August 2004 22:42
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| draven wrote on Thu, 26 August 2004 23:42 |
ma61s have that very convenient vent out the side of the car, which can be tapped into from the interior without excessive butchery
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i was thinking you'd probably use one of those vents...seemed the logical choice
too bad one of mine is a bit broken, bit off topic, but yeah  (some bitch scraped along it trying to get into a slip lane...she was almost crying when i finished yelling at her...fucken mercedes drivers)
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I supported Toymods
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Australia
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November 2003
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Re: 0 gauge battery wiring (for boot relocation)
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Fri, 27 August 2004 00:32
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| Cyber-punk wrote on Fri, 27 August 2004 06:42 |
she was almost crying when i finished yelling at her...fucken mercedes drivers)
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Hahah, Qual-i-tah.
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