Tidying up an engine bay

[Sam]

What to move and to where? Any ideas/inspirational pics you can post??

[dragonfly]

Move the battery into the boot, get a top fill radiator and the loom can go down the chassis legs.

[Peej1981]

Not sure if this will help but follow the link, i have been thinking about the same thing and been reading through this site to get an idea of what else i can do 

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=86

[Benrevs]

P/S bottler here! Just requires streching the wing support out a little.

[Sam]

Ich habe no power steering so thats that sorted, battery in boot is a little complex non? or is it stupidly easy?

[cняis]

Ich habe no power steering so thats that sorted, battery in boot is a little complex non? or is it stupidly easy?

PM ben above but IIRC he used a BMW 5 series battery +ve cable and terminal block for in the engine bay. has 4 +ve pickup points and even has a noggin for jump starting.

Cable is fookin chunky.

[Sam]

Ah ok, so battery in boot and you run a bit cable and splice it to different pick-up points?

[Wayne]

Ah ok, so battery in boot and you run a bit cable and splice it to different pick-up points?

Needs to be a vented battery with a pipe to the outside world.

[cняis]

cable block is on my inner strut:



poor picture but you get the idea.

also cables (in addition to being run through chassis legs) can be protected and tidied with this stuff:

[cняis]

Ah ok, so battery in boot and you run a bit cable and splice it to different pick-up points?

Needs to be a vented battery with a pipe to the outside world.

yep 

most batteries will have a vent to which you can slip a breather onto