Up until now, the battery has been in its usual place under the hood. In the past, this car has had a 2 a year battery habit. The heat from the old turbo system was incredible under the hood. During the design of the new turbo system I realized the battery had to move, bacause that corner was needed for other components that would be more difficult to relocate.

All my cars have a battery disconnect switch. It's for when I travel during my job and the cars sit for weeks at a time. It is nice to always have a charged battery when I get home!

The battery is in a marine-grade vented box. It's vented via a hose under the car. The battery is retained by a ratchet tiedown binding it to welded-down lugs on the trunk floorboard. The disconnect switch is visible to the right of the trunk lid hinge.

A close up view of the battery disconnect in the OFF position. The green cable is monofilament nylon line which allows the switch to be re-connected from inside the car. This cable is routed thought a sheath made of black DOT air brake tube. It's basically a non-conductive bowden cable. This car's trunk is only openable electrically so if the trunk is closed with the battery off, it requires an external power source to re-open it.

The green loop below the rear passengers side seat is the battery reconnect cable. Simply pulling this loop will turn on the battery power. The loop will poke under the seat and remain hidden until needed.

Here is the front end of the remote battery cable. The cable its self is a 1-0 AWG THHN wire. It has 1/2" plastic flex conduit threaded over it from end to end for protection as it travels through the car interior following the factory tail lights wiring channel. It terminates with soldered and crimped industrial-type lugs bolted to 3/8" studs at each end. The starter cable, and all other positive power feeds at the front of the car originate here. There is a long brass "header nut" securing all the wires which also provedes a convenient jumpstarting post.

There is no noticable difference in cranking speed with this setup versus the front-mounted battery.

In the above picture you can see the black box lust left of the coolant bottle. This is the power distribution box for the lights and cooling fan. It was originally on the other side of the car but the air filter box had to be moved into that position to accommodate the new turbo system