need to put my battery in the trunk. what size cable would i use. i have heard of people using welding cable is this suffecient enough, if so what size would i have to have thanks

first of all make use of your frameand not so much ground cable as far as the pos. cable depends on motor welding leds are by far the best and 2/0 cable would more than supply the amps you need and is most likely to much most use 1/0

2/0 or 1/0 should be fine. Go to tractor impliment dealerships for cheap stuff. Our local tractor dealer has the exact same belts and cables as the local car parts store for about 1/8 less. Thats $4 cheaper on a $30 cable. Both are same driving distance. Or try the local steel shop for welding leads. Our Lowes(same as Home Depot) sells welding supplies for half of what our steel supply house wants. Lowes has the exact same welder for over $190 less than the steel shop. I asked him about it, he wasnt too happy. Just some ideas to throw at ya.
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Damn, I wish I had more time.
35 Ford Pick-Up

The 2 or 1 size is right on as far as current capacity and remember that grounds have to equate basically to the same size of positive feed or you will create voltage drops that degradate the charging system.

Even though welding cable is highly conductive, easy to bend, and is relatively cheap, it is not made to take the heat of the engine compartment and esp at the starter near all the exhausts. If you do use it, make sure that you seal the end at the starter after putting the connectors on with silicone to prevent wicking (happens when road water permeates the cable and corrodes the cable inside without a clue outside and all of a sudden you have limited current flow and your car won't start). I have see this very thing happen dozens of times. Also, protect the cable with some sort of heat shield and that will make the welding cable live alot longer in your engine compartment.

I prefer to use the new fangled power stereo cable that is highly conductive, flexible, colorful, heat resistant to 500 degrees, albeit expensive.

Just my 2 pesos

Steve Jack
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Yes, remember that the steel shop is doing some things for the ability to keep providing services for you. I don't advise not going out and shopping around, but try to support your local merchants as much as possible. I used to be big into R/C racing and I'd always get my parts from the trackside shop, or order kits there because they were the ones providing me a space to race. It was the other guys mail ordering kits, or going to the big hobby shops (without tracks to support) that killed off the local tracks.

Just my .02 cents worth today . . .
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Bradley Miller
http://morris.accesszone.com -- Honey I shrunk the street rod

i just had our local implement dealer make me a cable for my project, 10 feet #1 for $25. works great to roll over 350 chev engine.
rickd :-)
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project...39 ford pickup

check your local performance or street rod shop for taylor cable.they just came out with a welding cable "type" battery cable. the cable has pure copper wire strands making it very flexable. they are single wrapped with pure silicone around the copper than double wrapped also with pure silicone for very high temperature protection. you will be able to carry all the juice youll need.they also have nhra approved battery boxes in aluminum that sure polish nicely...


ray....

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teebag

I've had the same hunk of 0/0 welding cable in my '34 since I re-did the frame in '74. The batteries (one six volt and 1 twelve volt) are in the rear.

Never had any problems.

One thing you need to do with welding cable is support it every few inchs as it's nowhere near as rigid as common battery cable
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Street rod wiring consultant
Free lance rod & custom journalist

skip, like your chrysler and desoto. Like someone else tackling the older mopars. They can definetely be a challenge . I've been working on my 47 desoto convertible since 1987 when i brought it out of storage after 20 years. Just this year i decided to upgrade the old six with a small block mopar almost got it ready to go, gotta get it going soon because summers are pretty short in Wisconsin. thanks for the reply on the battery cables, I will probably go with 1.0 cable that i had already laying around.