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hey guys i just finished installing by turbo setup and i had to relocate the battery in the trunk... but the car wont start when the battery in the trunk but when i bring it back to the front and hook it up it starts perfectly WTF??? i have 4 gauges wire for the power and 0/1 gauge wire for the ground??? please help. the starter turns maybe half a turn and thats it...

Where did you ground it?

on the trunks latch for now

lol, massive cables. you must have a sh1t ground.

do you think my cables are big enough? and i should redo my ground?

im pretty sure that your just not getting enough amperage to the starter from all the way back in the trunk.

Those cables should be fine. LOL the 0/1 is often used in large DC power systems in most telecom plants. It's one of the smaller guages used out there, but for the car.. it is massive. Are your cables running to the starter or your sterio first? Also that nasty looking tape splice to the factory feed looks a little iffy.

RS_OBD'oh_2 wrote:Those cables should be fine. LOL the 0/1 is often used in large DC power systems in most telecom plants. It's one of the smaller guages used out there, but for the car.. it is massive. Are your cables running to the starter or your sterio first? Also that nasty looking tape splice to the factory feed looks a little iffy.

the power wire is running from the starter and the fuse box and for the nasty looking tape splice to the factory is all soldered together...

I have the same guage wires, and grounded mine to the bumper bolts (The nuts in the rear bulkhead). I sanded the terminal, and the bulkhead.

update:HELP!!! ok so today i put a brand new 0/1 gauge wire for the power wire from the starter and fuse box all the way back to the battery in the trunk and the still wont start... WTF... what could be wrong... when i take to battery to the front and plug it the car start perfect? please help heres a video i made of what it does...

video...
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f---ing piece of s---!!!
could someone that did a relocationing in the truck please tell me whats your setup...(distrubution,fuse,W/E)...
thx guys

I put the battery in the back, and ran the + wire to the starter, and just connected the other wires that went to the + terminal to the strater, also. I can get a pic, if you need it.
before that, I connected the + wire from the battery to the original terminal clamp (still in it's place), and wrapped it all up, so it wouldn't ground.

yea sure pics would be nice

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Just for testing - if you have another thick cable lying around use it to ground the block to the battery (in addition to the existing ground) and try again.

update... the car started with help of a boost that i pluged in front on my distribution block and on the chassi...

shameem wrote:Just for testing - if you have another thick cable lying around use it to ground the block to the battery (in addition to the existing ground) and try again.

yea i guess i could try that... thx