Suspension upgrade Qs for '65 coupe

[bmxmon]

Looks good! I like the metal box look myself, hopefully I'll be doing something like you in the future, though many many things are inline first. Let us know how it goes!

[DeltaMustang65]

Almost done. I just have to go find a longer pos cable so that I can use the engine block ground. Hopefully Kragen's or Auto Zone carries those because Sac. Mustang doesn't. The Sac. Mustang guy said that grounding it in the truck works fine, but I have serious doubts and I poked around on similar topics and found others who tried to ground in the truck with poor results.

Other than that, all that's left is to undo a few bolts, pull the old battery mount from the nose and take some pictures.

Then I get to drop another $500 in parts in the front suspension of course, yay.

[DeltaMustang65]

I'm almost done with the relocation. All that's left is to run the cables to the engine compartment, they're in the cabin right now. Any suggestions on getting the cables past the firewall? I'd like to keep drilling/cutting to a minimum.

http://s178.photobucket.com/albums/w277/deltamustang65/

The three latest shots were taken during the battery relocation.

[bmxmon]

Nice! I dont know if I would run the cable through the interior, I've seen them burn the carpet before. (friends that had them run for subs and whatnot) Kinda a fire hazzard imo.

[DeltaMustang65]

Where should I run them if not through the interior?

[bmxmon]

I would run it under the car, along the rear frame rails/along the front subframe, on the outside away from the exhaust.

[DeltaMustang65]

Well, I don't want to set my interior on fire, but I don't want the cables exposed to the elements, either. I've seen topics here before about drilling holes in the rails and routing the cables THROUGH them up to the engine compartment. I'm thinking that I should either do this (I would love to hear from someone who's done this already), or run the cables through the cabin and wrap them in insulating material. With the latter option, I'd still have to worry about drilling through the front on the cabin, which I'm not to thrilled with.