gracer7-rx7

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I relocated the battery to the passenger side bin and then ran the 2 gauge wiring directly to the starter. I did this so that I could have a shorter, more direct wiring path. It seems a few people have done this also but for some reason its not working for me.

I'm using a 150AMP Stinger circuit breaker like in Moconnor's thread about 18" of wiring from the battery. It is grounded to the B pillar where there is a factory ground There are no kinks or exposed wiring.

When I try and connect the terminals to the battery, it starts sparking like crazy. Doesn't matter which terminal I connect first. As soon as I connect the 2nd terminal, I get crazy sparks.

Circuit breaker hasn't blown.

Can anyone shed some light on what might be wrong? Much thanks.

compuskills

Maybe you need to work on your grounds to the motor.

moconnor

iTrader: (14)

Did you attach the cable to the correct terminal on the starter solenoid?

gracer7-rx7

iTrader: (16)

I thought I did. Here is a pic with the attachment to the starter.

Worked fine when I had run the power all the way to the stock location. Not working when run to the starter like it is in the pic.

Thanks for the input.

gracer7-rx7

iTrader: (16)

More pics

gracer7-rx7

iTrader: (16)

****. Now that I look at the pic of the starter in large format, I see that I think I might have connected to the wrong point on the starter.

There was such little room to maneuver under the car that I hadn't noticed the covered terminal until I looked at the pic.

Oops...

moconnor

iTrader: (14)

Yup - current is going directly to the starter rather than being switched through the solenoid.

badddrx7

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^ - like he said. Your car was tryint to start when you attached your cables. Take your time and hook everything up right.

Tom

gracer7-rx7

iTrader: (16)

Thanks. It was blatantly obvious once I looked at the pic. I took my time on it but missed that detail. It gets cramped under the car and I didn't notice the other terminal.