Has anyone relocated their battery before? A lot of car guys and Ford Lightning guys do the relocation in the cab or bed/trunk. Couldn't find anything for dodge though, anyone have any ideas? Thanks
I'm relocating mine to the bed into a tool box with the air compressor. I want shorter cable runs to my amps/compressor and it will clean up the engine bay nicely. I'll have a kill switch installed in the roll pan as well for track days.
There was a relocation bracket made for the SRT10 that relocated the battery to behind the passember side rear wheel well that worked pretty well for them. There aren't any relocation kits that I can find for the 4th gen trucks, but aside from mounting locations, the rest is really straightforward to do. I've seen plenty of optima brackets on ebay, and those can be mounted anywhere.
There would only have to be 2 cables run, and that's from the battery negative to the frame and from the battery positive to eitrher the fuse box or to the old positive battery connections. I'll be going straight to the fuse box as I'm also installing an isolator for a dual battery setup in mine.
Curious as to why this would be beneficial?
Several reasons depending on application. Doesn't hurt to move 30-40lb to the rear of the vehicle for drag racing if you're 2wd, frees up underhood real estate for major mods, or decreases cable run length to amps and can reduce power cable noise.
I did it and it really helped with my launch at the track. I removed the spare and put the battery in its place under the bed.
Is that the only place that was convenient Tylerb? Just wondering because I want to do it for that same reason but didn't want to loose my spare since the truck gets driven out of town with no space in the bed for the spare
Relocation to anywhere on the frame rail might be good for you. There is a lot of real estate under the body if you start looking.
I could see doing this to keep it out of water maybe?
depends on where you locate the battery. In the bed is nice because it's dry, however batteries are able to get wet, which is why they're exposed under the hood. I don't recommend rear reloaction if you use a boat ramp at all though.
I'll drill through the bed (scares me) and ground the battery to the frame. The I'll route the + line to the engine bay and connect the new + to the old + (previously connected to the battery) with this.
