Getting power to the rear?
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Getting power to the rear?
Hi Guys,
Done my last car with a pretty decent setup, doin up the civic the same, sedan 2001 model 1.7l no vtec etc etc. Aussie model, but seems to be 100% the same as the yank model.
How'd you guys get your power to the rear? I'm usin amps and I always use large cabling(read 4 gauge) got all my battery connectors and stuff and insulators and dist blocks & fuses.. Where should I put it through the firewall?
I've found like a possible point behind two hoses and one of the aircon hoses seems to run very close to it.. it's plastic/rubber and I can push on it a fair bit and all it seems to do is flex like a baloon?
in my old telstar there was a thing like that and i cut it with a pocket knife and put my 4ga straight through to the rear...
let me know...
Done my last car with a pretty decent setup, doin up the civic the same, sedan 2001 model 1.7l no vtec etc etc. Aussie model, but seems to be 100% the same as the yank model.
How'd you guys get your power to the rear? I'm usin amps and I always use large cabling(read 4 gauge) got all my battery connectors and stuff and insulators and dist blocks & fuses.. Where should I put it through the firewall?
I've found like a possible point behind two hoses and one of the aircon hoses seems to run very close to it.. it's plastic/rubber and I can push on it a fair bit and all it seems to do is flex like a baloon?
in my old telstar there was a thing like that and i cut it with a pocket knife and put my 4ga straight through to the rear...
let me know...
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once through you can run it under the door sills and to the back...
once through you can run it under the door sills and to the back...
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Aussie model's are RH Drive so we may be talking about the same thing, is yours a bit hard to access(Ie requires a bit of hand work to get into where it is?)
Aussie model's are RH Drive so we may be talking about the same thing, is yours a bit hard to access(Ie requires a bit of hand work to get into where it is?)
4 Guage? Geez, that's thick. Anyway...
Underneath the resonator there is a hose that runs through a rubber seal in the firewall. I just punched a hole in that seal and ran my power cable through there.
As far as inside the car, I pulled all the plastic panels off the side and ran the cable under the plastic on the passenger's side door jamb, behind the plastic side wall and into the trunk. Rather time consuming, but all in all it's a nice installation.
Underneath the resonator there is a hose that runs through a rubber seal in the firewall. I just punched a hole in that seal and ran my power cable through there.
As far as inside the car, I pulled all the plastic panels off the side and ran the cable under the plastic on the passenger's side door jamb, behind the plastic side wall and into the trunk. Rather time consuming, but all in all it's a nice installation.
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mine would be the north american model so left hand drive....
should be same though under the carpeting and under/behind the resonator in your engine bay...
mine would be the north american model so left hand drive....
should be same though under the carpeting and under/behind the resonator in your engine bay...
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