Tidying up an engine bay

[clipperjay]

You need a decent unpainted bolt hole to earth the battery I did mine right in the corner of the boot there is a natural hole located down there, and had no issues with grounding to it. If you are that anal you can always drill a hoile in the boot and feed the cable through to the underside, but I thought better of that due to low ride and corrosion under the car so the chassis of the boot surficed!
The other is to feed a black 20mm cable through the other side of the car and out to where the gear box sits or anywhere on the block or wing? That cable is thick and very heavy after 2-4meters of the stuff!
I still have kit & cable just not what I wanted for my current ride. 

[Sam]

i dont like the sound of that 

Its how your car should me at the min, just a cable comming off the -ve and bolted to the chassis, nothing else 

[tech1889]

yer but VW decided that not me 

Jay you looking to part with this kit ??

[clipperjay]

yer but VW decided that not me 

Jay you looking to part with this kit ??

I can point you in the right direction to purchase your own DIY kit after all its not that complicated!
Plus the hardest part would be getting enough soilder onto the circular battery terminals and circular connectors!
I can't charge you for something, you can buy newer and proberly cheaper fella

I used a blow torch to heat up the connectors then just let the soilder flow into the joint.

This is the link for all your needs!
http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/cable/batterycable.php
475 475/0.40 60 14.5mm 415 £9.46 (RED)

http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/battconns/batttermls.php#butt
Battery/starter cable ring terminals.
Tin plated copper tube terminals.
can be crimped or soldered.

http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/battconns/battclamps.php
Stud/nut clamp.
Stud size 8mm

As you can see the costs is not bad after all the clamps for the battery itself you might have paid about £45.00 Max!

[tech1889]

Sorry mate how much of each part will i need so i can work costs out 

[clipperjay]

Sorry mate how much of each part will i need so i can work costs out 

Go to each link then add it up mate, two battery terminals, two circular connectors, 2-3 meters of RED cable 1 meter of Black cable!
Job done its all priced up on the web site mate 

You might be able to go to a local auto car shop and just buy 1/2 a meter of ground cable in black so you dont have to buy a whole meter of the stuff. The thing is I dont know where you would route the cable but 3 meters is more than enough, the car is not longer than 2.5 meters anyways! 
You also might want to ring them up to clarify the correct cable to use as I'm going by memory so do the home work before you part with your cash!

[tech1889]

Cheers mate the car not ready for this yet just want some ideas to try and clean the bay up for after the conversion..

Gona try and move as much as possible to the boot lol

[clipperjay]

Most people will say hide the loom through chassis legs and tuck them through the front engine mount then back to the gear box for sensors reconnecting its not hard as long as you label where everything goes! 

[tech1889]

so you just lengthen and adjust the loom as you go ??

[clipperjay]

Yes but you need to do this carefully use shrink wrap and proper solder joints!
I'm not a fan of it due to the fact you bunch so many wires together in order to hide them. If one melts and catches on fire it takes out the whole car loom and the car and I've seen better moders than myself who had a few fires out of the blue. All were minimalsitic bays, so hence unless you know what you are doing be careful as things get very hot and its electrical after all! 

Plus the fact in a crash the front mount takes a pounding or a chassis leg could easily cause a few problems like cut wires from metal and leaking petrol rails etc. I'm old and sensible go with scene you only live once or was that die once