87foxgt

hey guys last year I put my battery in the hatch, and its now time to do the kill switch. For the battery I ran the wire under the car to the front. On doing the kill switch do I follow that same path to the front of the car??? also does anyone know where a good diagram can be found. I did not buy a kill switch yet or wire. I wanted to hear what everyone else did, like what brand, what size gauge wire did you use, did you run a different setup in the back? As for mounting the kill switch, I like the flip up license plate look. I saw it on the forums at one point. Im going for a legal setup for the track so it has to kill everything.
Thanks be4 hand.
87foxgt

mjr46

I bought a kit from summit and it has 1 or maybe 2 gauge wire in it?? can't remember but I mounted my kill switch behind the licence plate also

NotchAbove

I find a diagram for you, but something important you should know. When doing a cut off you need to make sure that the alt. charge wire is able to go back to the battery after the switch is cut.

https://mustangforums.com/forum/5-0-...made-easy.html

87foxgt

This is where I’m at. I’m debating if I should move the starter solenoid to the back or not. I don’t know if it’s worth moving all the wires. And if so, should I run them the same path as the battery wire to the front of the car, which is underneath the car. Also I read somewhere that they ran the Alternator wire though the car to prevent damage from outside. This seems a little scary to me as there’s a lot of juice running though that wire. What do you guys think or do? As for the battery kill switch itself, I’m going with a 4 prong setup but I just don’t know what brand yet. I found the diagram for the NHRA legal battery relocation safest method using solenoid in the back. And here it is without moving the solenoid. Also here is a link to the PDF file for a 4 prong hook up.

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/FOUR-P...ITCH,6967.html

I plan on doing this sometime in the next couple of weeks so I’ll let you know if I have any trouble. I still like to hear what other people did if you’re up for shearing .

here's the links as the pictures are kinda small
http://home.comcast.net/~christopher...relocation.jpg

http://forums.corral.net/photopost/d.../mod3gwire.PNG

AdderMk2

I ran mine the same way the first diagram is laid out

87foxgt

did you run the alt. wire through the car or under it. And you moved the solenoid to the back? How did you run the wires for the starter solenoid. did you go under the car or through it?

Jfsram

I'd like to NHRA legal my set up too.

My alternator has about 5 wires coming out of it. Which one needs be run to the battery?

NotchAbove

Basically 2 out of those 5 are carrying the charge back to the starter solenoid. So your best choice is to trace the wires off the starter solenoid and it will start as one and split into 2 as it moves toward the alternator. Once you figure it out, you unhook it from the starter solenoid and run it to the positive side of the battery so that at all times, even during cutoff the alternator can discharge into the battery.

Otherwise what can happen is the remaining charged after cutoff will damage electronic equipment on-board.

AdderMk2

actually, im not using any solenoids. I ran my main battery cable to the cutoff switch in my bumper, and then up to the power distribution box in my engine bay (remember, the SN is different than the fox)

I then ran a 4ga cable from my alternator through my firewall, and to the rear of the car where it goes to the battery side of the switch.

I disconnected my stock alternator charging cable from both the alt and the distrib. box. And I have since removed it from the harness