Battery Relocate

Chris_Top_Her

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San Antonio, Texas

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'15 CX-5 Miata AWD

• Mar 11, 2017

• #1

Has anyone here relocated a battery from the engine bay in the CX-5?

 

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tibimakai

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2014 CX-5 Touring

• Mar 11, 2017

• #2

I haven't, but what are you planning?
Most likely, you would need some thick cables run to the new place.

 

Chris_Top_Her

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'15 CX-5 Miata AWD

• Mar 12, 2017

• #3

Alternate spot for turbo off the up pipe

 

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chavy

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2012 MZ3 Sky / 2014 CX-5 MT

• Mar 13, 2017

• #4

I'm thinking about relocating too but just because I want to run a second battery. I didn't see any good spots in the engine bay.

 

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GAXIBM

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20 CX5 GT + Prem

• Mar 22, 2017

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I relocated a battery on a boat to better balance it. I was surprised when I did the calculation, how much larger the cable needed to be to carry the low voltage/high amp. over distances...

 

Chris_Top_Her

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'15 CX-5 Miata AWD

• Mar 23, 2017

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Actually if you get a short ram intake there is more than enough room in front of and below the oem battery to install say a motorcycle battery or compact.

 

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ColtX-5

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'16.5 CX-5 AWD

• Apr 4, 2017

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A pair of these, or similar, in parallel can be placed in many small places and save you 35 pounds, without adding welding cables to your underbody.

http://products.batterytender.com/Batteries/360-CCA-Lithium-Engine-Start-Battery.html
$170 ea. on Amazon