Cool man thanks!

I am thinking I will cut the wires just to keep it clean but if you have that I may take advantave of it

 

Hate to revive this, but I wanted to post a little update. I took some time yesterday and rerouted my wiring and instead of going through the driver side grommet, i drilled out a hole where the RHD steering column would go as others have suggested. No different than the S1 as far as junk sitting back there goes.

After taking a tiny pilot hole, it was easy to see that there is a solid 2 inches back there to work with. Again, as mentioned, do not go outside of where the RHD steering column would go as there is a harness that sits an inch below there and you dont want to risk hitting that.

I can take some pics if necessary

 

sweet deal. I ended up routing by the fuel lines and up under the abs module.....but I removed my harnesses

 

paimon.soror: Pics, please!

 

I am having some hard start issues with mine whether it's hot or cold and with different batteries so I will be making some changes this weekend.

 

I ordered a better grommet so i can protect the hole that I made. It should be here in a few days. I will take pics then

 

your starter? reman or the new updated unit?

 

Brand new starter and new battery. It didn't start until I did the relocation. I am pretty sure it's the terminal on the power wire. I soldered all the rest but used a fancy terminal on that and I think it sucks. It will be easy to fix.

 

Not the terminals I sent you I hope. Been using them without issue here.

 

Yeah that one. The wire seems to want to work it's way out no matter how tight the allen screw is so I will solder in a copper ring terminal. I also did not run a ground from up front all the way to the battery so I will test to see if that is an issue too. I do have it ground in the trunk and extra place sin the engine bay as well.

 

Hrmm interesting. Have you tried tinning the wire before tightening the screw? I am using the 2awg radaflex and was able to use the adapter on the terminals without issue ... slipped on the adapter .. added some solder to make sure it holds form, then tightened.

 

Pics

 

Actually tinning the wire is a good idea, I can try that easily. Thanks. I have no basis for my theory but I think I need to run a ground all the way back to the battery.

 

make sure you have a good ground from the block to the chassis as well.

 

go buy the Taylor terminals, they have a threaded compression end that cinches tight after it's tightened down

Taylor Battery Cable Terminal Kits - SummitRacing.com

 

Thanks man, ordered a pair of those. They are awesome.

 

Is that you're professional opinion while you sit and wait for your first pair to show up?

seriously though, I took one apart to redo the length and was pretty convinced it would have to be cut off and replaced just before I finally got it apart and out. That's how good they cinch down.

 

muy interesante. The only concern that I have is my cold start, but I am not sure if that is due to battery relocation or just ... well ... it being cold out lol. I will grab a clip when i leave work.

 

Man that radflex cable is nice to work with.

 

indeedy

 

mine works great but I will be ording those terminals ....should have run the ground all the way 9k

 

Yeah I am going to test the ground theory with the extra 2AWG wire I have like you said but my issues is cold or hot and it was fine before the relocation so it has to be something simple in the setup.

 

We put two grounds in 9k's trunk also added two super thick nice extra grounds in the engine bay.

 

do you have a ground from the block to the chassis? I had hard start issues before i did that. Remember our starter's only ground is against the engine block itself ... if the block isn't grounded strong then lots of issues.

 

I don't, the only one I know of is the factory one that connects to the block near the coolant drain plug. I can do that easily though. The factory one from the LIM to the chassis is there though.