best way of getting power to amp in boot?

[moo_r32]

hey all im wanting to put a sub in my boot but am wanting to know the best way of getting the positive wire from the battery to the amp, without any noise problems or ripping up all the carpet etc........

[gatty]

lol, my battery is in the boot

i think the best wy is through the plastics trims on the interior near the doors etc

but no way around having to pull shit apart

[moo_r32]

what was involved in putting it in the boot? that would tidy up the engin bay a bit.

yea i was thinking about putting it down the side near the door but i want to use the largest thickest guage wire i can.....mmmmmm.....power! it wont fit?

[NuGGeT]

most skylines have them in the boot anyway

[Merli]

Guys, R33s have the battery in the boot, R32s have it in the engine bay.

moo_r32, You don't really have any other choice but to run the power wire from the engine bay to your boot. Keep it on the other side of the car as your RCAs to reduce interference. Make sure you fuse the power cable not more than 30cm from your battery terminal too.

[Dahtone Racing]

33s and 34s have em in the boot but 32s have em in the engine bay

I moved mine to the boot in my 32 wasnt too hard just have to run a very large cable under the car from the bonnet to the boot

you can get kits which come with all the terminals, battery box and cable etc

if you dont want to move the battery the best place to run the cable is down the drivers side under the carpet dont run it under the plastic moulding run it along the floor

[moo_r32]

yea i wasnt sure what caused the interferance, and i heard that u have to be carefull where u lay the positive so that it cant be ut or any thing.

[Fhrx]

Run the power cable down the drivers side of the metal skirt. Run your RCA cords down the passenger side to avoid interference.

If at any times the RCA’s have to crossover the power line, make they do so perpendicularly to avoid noise.

[SWC945]

33s and 34s have em in the boot but 32s have em in the engine bay

I moved mine to the boot in my 32 wasnt too hard just have to run a very large cable under the car from the bonnet to the boot

you can get kits which come with all the terminals, battery box and cable etc

if you dont want to move the battery the best place to run the cable is down the drivers side under the carpet dont run it under the plastic moulding run it along the floor

R34's have the battery in the engine bay too - well, mine is anyway....

[Dahtone Racing]

damn i guess i stand corrected

*shrugs*

[MYGTST]

make sure you run both positive and negative from batt to amp

not just the possitive

much better for noise and current delivery is better

[moo_r32]

aaahhh.... thats a good1 thanx man

[EvilINGT]

Yeah battery placement is weird, my SII R33 Sedan has the battery at the front drivers side of engine bay, and overflow bottle on the right hand side near air filter box. Im gonna have to run a power cable to my boot soon as well. Although with no battery in the boot that little shelf makes a nice spot to mount an amp and sub.

[BOoStEr]

Don't run an earth wire back to the battery. Best practice is to run the positive from the battery to the amp and run the earth from the amp to the chassis.

[tikki169]

Running an earth back to the battery or to the chassi is 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. Easier to use the chassis but for mine I ran one from the battery. The biggest hassel is getting it past the engine bay firewall. Took me ages and a few attempts.