Great write up! Please sticky this!

 

one thing to mention, is typically large sized power wires are not usually soldered. The solder changes some of the characteristics of the way DC power travels down the copper wire

 

I've got my car @ work today with me...I'll take a pic and post it of my setup.

 

There is a fuzzy line with the battery being a gel cell and that the trunk is separated from the interior so I have been able to get away with the discrepancy You are correct the vent is not tied to the outside of the car and no rear kill switch was used which is manidtory by the NHRA, SCCA and others. The biggest key for tech inspection is the quality of the car as a whole. For instance, Is it well maintained (Paint and Apperrance) , does it have any oil on it, are the tires in good shape.....

You are also correct on the vent since it is a dry cell I was not concerned with hydrogen build up in the box so I did not run a line to the exterior. I never have understood why there is so much stink over batteries in the trunk, if installed properly there is a lot less chance for problems when compared to a battery under the hood 3" from a 1000F manifold and turbo.

 

I did not know that. What causes the issue?

 

i totally agree that its a stupid rule that in my mind was created to piss off civic owners, particularly civic hatch owners.

buy a bmw 335i, drive to the track, and you should fail tech in. battery in trunk, non approved box, and not vented.

to avoid the aggravation, my yellow top cooks in my engine bay

 

Please do, I would love to see as many itterations as possible. I could only find a few when I origally looked and they sucked.

 

well I talked with my EE buddy to confirm that I wasn't talking out of my ass. He said the only time he has seen large wire solder was when it was large diameter core, he said that typically you can't get all the flux to burn off of small stranded wires, meaning the strands are small diameter, so that will increase the corrossion property of the wire, which is already high b/c of the current that passes through the battery/starting system

 

I see, I do all my soldering with torch and flux core wire, and only tin the outer portion of the cable being carful to try and prevent that. Then fill the terminal end and put together, after that I will crimp down the cable a small amount. The biggest problem I have seen in the past are poorly crimed and this can be very dangerous, especailly when using capacitors on stereo systems.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

More pics??!