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Ugh, tooooo many damn problems!
I had no problems with a battery in the trunk of my chevelle.
So, initally I had the regular replacement red top optima battery in the bird.
I bought the summit racing battery in trunk relaction kit, flaming river battery cut off switch, and push/ pull handle.
Install was straight foawrd.
When it was done it seemed iffy. It would start perfectly, but then might click once or twice.
This progressed and got worse and worse.
I had full 2 guage wire from the battery to the starter.
I thought..... let me upgrade batteries. I took the BIGGER optima red top from my sable (which was originally in the chevelle) and put it in the bird and took the f body red top and put it in the sable. I figured more cold cranking amps should help right?
Nope!!!
I thought..... stock starter, maybe time to replace/ upgrade it. I called summit racing who refered me to power master after summit tech's had no luck. Power master also had no luck. I was looking for a mini starter with a higher gear ratio to increase cranking ability. No such luck!!! I replaced the factory one with a stock replacement
I then ordered the 1 guage battery wiring kit from summit.
I drove the bird around some more before the 1 guage set up arrived. I would try and start the bird and click click click click and it would get worse and worse. It would eventually start but sometimes it would crank FOREVER!!! It got REALLY embarrassing. At one point I feared for the new starter.
Sooooo, I'm sitting there w/ the 1 guage wire... I NEED full electrical power. There are many times I sit in the lanes with my bottle warmer on and / or fan switch on (fan switch is no longer in the bird though). I also have the bigger fuel pump too! I got sooo damn pissed off today so I relocated the battery to the under the hood stock location.
By the time I removed EVERYTHING relating to the battery in trunk set up I yanked out 12 pounds. I then proceeded to remove another 9 pounds of misc crap (bolts, sound deadening and more)
The bird starts up perfectly on the first crank.
Sigh, battery is now under the hood, I wasted a lot of money doing that mod, I can reuse it all in the chevelle, 21 pounds removed.
I had no problems with a battery in the trunk of my chevelle.
So, initally I had the regular replacement red top optima battery in the bird.
I bought the summit racing battery in trunk relaction kit, flaming river battery cut off switch, and push/ pull handle.
Install was straight foawrd.
When it was done it seemed iffy. It would start perfectly, but then might click once or twice.
This progressed and got worse and worse.
I had full 2 guage wire from the battery to the starter.
I thought..... let me upgrade batteries. I took the BIGGER optima red top from my sable (which was originally in the chevelle) and put it in the bird and took the f body red top and put it in the sable. I figured more cold cranking amps should help right?
Nope!!!
I thought..... stock starter, maybe time to replace/ upgrade it. I called summit racing who refered me to power master after summit tech's had no luck. Power master also had no luck. I was looking for a mini starter with a higher gear ratio to increase cranking ability. No such luck!!! I replaced the factory one with a stock replacement
I then ordered the 1 guage battery wiring kit from summit.
I drove the bird around some more before the 1 guage set up arrived. I would try and start the bird and click click click click and it would get worse and worse. It would eventually start but sometimes it would crank FOREVER!!! It got REALLY embarrassing. At one point I feared for the new starter.
Sooooo, I'm sitting there w/ the 1 guage wire... I NEED full electrical power. There are many times I sit in the lanes with my bottle warmer on and / or fan switch on (fan switch is no longer in the bird though). I also have the bigger fuel pump too! I got sooo damn pissed off today so I relocated the battery to the under the hood stock location.
By the time I removed EVERYTHING relating to the battery in trunk set up I yanked out 12 pounds. I then proceeded to remove another 9 pounds of misc crap (bolts, sound deadening and more)
The bird starts up perfectly on the first crank.
Sigh, battery is now under the hood, I wasted a lot of money doing that mod, I can reuse it all in the chevelle, 21 pounds removed.
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