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Battery/Alternator Disconnect


heratik

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I've got a rear-mounted battery to make room for my turbo, so I have to have a kill switch for the track. I'm having some problems understanding how to actually kill the car with the switch.

 

I found this diagram from an earlier thread.

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?p=720808

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f118/cbuscivictuner/Powerfordummies.jpg

 

I'm not sure if I understand how this kills the car. Here is my current layout:

 

http://www.heratik.net/tib/preswitchelectrical.jpg

 

From my understanding, moving the alternator wire to the battery will cut off power for anything touching that distribution block, and since the alternator is no longer attached to that block, pretty much nothing will have power (relay box, wire harnesses, etc.). Here is my interpretation on how I will reroute.

 

http://www.heratik.net/tib/postswitchelectrical.jpg

 

Do I have this pretty much down?

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first one and last one are correct...alt has to be to the battery...otherwsie, it will keep feeding power to every thing and the car will continue to run

 

Cool, thanks! I couldn't find a straightforward explanation with a 2-post kill switch.

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Done, minus the push bar which I'm getting ready to install tonight. And holy shit, it actually kills the car like it's supposed to. :) Thanks for the help today, Gearhead.

 

Startmaster, check out the pics below for a typical NHRA-approved battery relocation in a hatch (my battery is vented, not shown). The box cannot be those $15 marine boxes...it has to be the sealed box, with a tube routed outside of the car for venting.

 

http://www.heratik.net/tib/killswitch/switch1.jpg

http://www.heratik.net/tib/killswitch/switch2.jpg

http://www.heratik.net/tib/killswitch/switch3.jpg

http://www.heratik.net/tib/killswitch/switch4.jpg

http://www.heratik.net/tib/killswitch/switch5.jpg

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Wait this is in the tiburon? A kill switch is useless anyway, if its "inside" the car.

Yes, in the tib. Once again, I can't run at the track without it because I had to relocate the battery to the hatch to fit the turbo. It's not useless...I have a push bar that goes through the tail light...the one in the first pic.

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Done. Here is the crappy junk tail that I started with. I know this is thing is terrible. I will eventually replace this with a stock tail.

http://www.heratik.net/tib/killswitch/switch6.jpg

 

Push bar done.

http://www.heratik.net/tib/killswitch/switch7.jpg

 

http://www.heratik.net/tib/killswitch/switch8.jpg

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It's a terrible aftermarket tail. So, so terrible in fact, that the lens was torn off and cracked into many pieces, so it's useless. It's red because my other stock tail is red...yeah, it screams fail, I know, but it'll have to do for this week's test n' tune. I'll be buying a stock tail to do it properly over the winter.
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