Moved battery to boot

[Adrian@]

I liked a lot of the ideas from the posting, I wanted to do as good a job as possible and I stagger added soldered and heat shrunk extensions to the loom for the behind seat fuse box, so that I could lay the wiring loom out flat/stacked upon it's self against the upright wall of the passenger side cabin (I make wiring looms myself so carry every colour coded cable on the shelf) enabling me to leave the sill side carpet for the 2 main battery Pos. and Neg. (as the sills are foam filled for strengthening). This was the quite easy apart from making a little alloy mould to make the encase the fuse board, along with this I let a cut-out into the upright panel to allow the board lots of room for the pocket door to close and a minor mod to the centre console panel for access. The battery holder was a earlier M series part modified to sit within the arc of the wheel arch (these batteries are expensive BUT petite) and as such is hidden away with the power leads running across the top of the wheel arch, down to the sill, coming up and joining above the knees behind the drop down panel (I had to drill a couple of holes in and out there). On this version of the car the battery had been set into a cut away that raised it 2 or 3 inches off the floor and a straight upright panel holds the ECU although the start relay and fuel pump relay are on this side of that board to allow them to be changed without stripping the car down. Finally my trimmer made a new floor carpet, adding a rubber mat, that then needed to be matched on the drivers side.
Adrian@

[lotusandy]

daveparry said:

So now that you have had this Mod for a while have you had any problems with it or are you as happy as a pig in poo!

Dave

Very pleased with it!
My wife can now actually fit in the passenger seat with some degree of comfort.
The battery I used was a slight gamble as it is so small, but has proved to be excellent under all conditions, I have just started the car (first time in 2 weeks) and the battery turned the engine over just a fast as it does in the summer, despite it being 1 deg C at the moment..

Andy

[Adrian@]

Hi, Andy... I am 6ft 4ins and could sit in the passenger seat with out my feet pressing against new back panel position (I forgot that I had to cut this down to match the taper of the foot well) I too read your info and then checked the site re the output/size of this battery and was truly shocked at the cranking power for such a petite thing.
Adrian@

Edited by Adrian@ on Sunday 10th January 13:43

[Adrian@]

The picture as promised..well pictures


Adrian@

Edited by Adrian@ on Monday 25th January 16:27

[SILICONE KID]

I have no need to fit my battery in the boot,My girl friend is a registered midget !!! But i must say that is a work of art ..

Edited by SILICONE KID on Tuesday 26th January 00:16

Edited by SILICONE KID on Tuesday 26th January 00:23

[slideways]

SILICONE KID said:

I have no need to fit my b battery in the boot,My girl friend is a registered midget !!!

Daz there not her legs in your profile pic are they??

[SILICONE KID]

No mine , but we are both midgets !

[daveparry]

So are you a Diver as well as a TVR nut Adrian????Ha Ha!

[scotty_d]

daveparry said:

So are you a Diver as well as a TVR nut Adrian????Ha Ha!

I Thought he was a dentist.

[daveparry]

Funny i was watching Steve Martin (when he was funny) in Little Shop Of Horrors on the TV this weekend bloody funny as the mad dentist high on Nos.

[quattrophenia]

Adrian@ said:

The picture as promised..well pictures


Adrian@

Edited by Adrian@ on Monday 25th January 16:27

Is there still room to store the roof in the boot?

[Adrian@]

quattrophenia said:

Adrian@ said:

The picture as promised..well pictures


Adrian@

Edited by Adrian@ on Monday 25th January 16:27

Is there still room to store the roof in the boot?

Sorry for the delay...Yes to the roof, the spare wheel on this was moved to the centre of the car (as the later models were) rather than tucked into the opposing corner.
Adrian@

[rickprice]

I've just moved the battery as well and I'm intrigued by the question about the flat battery issue.

If the battery is flat, you have to get into the car via the manual drivers door release. And those of us with these cars know how to do that. So then you can open the passenger door and then charge the battery.

If the battery is in the boot, there are less steps involved in this, aren't there?

Rick

[bigdods]

Im going to have mine done later this year. I will be having an anderson connector fitted in the passenger footwell for use when charging or jumping to save faffing around getting into the boot if the battery is flat.

[R11chard]

Does anyone know where you can get this done, in and around the Essex area as alas my skills are not up to a job like this, but the ability to take my 5’11” Daughter out in comfort would be a massive advantage? Thanks

[lotusandy]

To make it really easy you could just chuck the standard battery & its box in the bin and then fit the same battery that I used, it would gain you a fair bit of extra room without all of the hassle.
The only professional I know that might be able to help is Dan at Taylor TVR nr Maidstaone, but due to the time involved I expect it would be somewhat expensive.

Andy

[sgrimshaw]

Dulford Automotive do the job.

This is actually my Chimaera .....

http://www.dulfordauto.co.uk/content/latest-tvr-ne...

[daveb500]

I'm interested that Lotusandy managed to move the fuse box without any rewiring but Adrian@ had to entend the wires.

Lotusandy - how much of the loom di you have to undo in order to get it to fit?

[rickprice]

When I did it, I moved the battery to the boot behind the wheel arch, left the fuses where they were (mounted off the floor inthe footwell) and put the CPU stuff up above the glove 'compartment'.

Extra 6 inches of foot room, a bit less skin on knuckles, no wiring of spaghetti etc.

Rich

[lotusandy]

Dave - I just un-wound the mess of a loom that was in the footwell, it was quite a tight fit to get it to reach to the new fuse box position, but there is just enough length in the wires as you can see in the photos

Andy