Originally Posted by biker
Odpurple- On your link cars where you run the motor wires underneath the battery, what means are you using to fasten the wires to the chassis? (I'm using 16ga wire)
On prior T-bar cars, I've just been running the wires down right next to the T-bar, but I've recently switched to a link car and would like to run each wire separately down between each cell.. (hope that makes sense)
Just wondering your opinion on the best way to hold the wires in place..
The silicone jacket on the wire we all use doesn't stick to anything very well. The best solution we've found so far is to use epoxy (Steve found some 5 min stuff that works well), just clean the wire wih motor spray first. The wires are held in place by the batteies, so the glue is there just to keep the wires in place when working on the car.
I like to run both wires down the center of the chassis, under the middle cells. This neccessitates the use of thin jacket wire like the 16 ga from Castle Creations. You can also strip and shrink-wrap regular 16ga wire where it goes under the batteries to make it fit (btw, super glue works fine on the shink wrap to hold the wires to the chassis).
The point of running the wires down the center of the car is to negate any effect the wires may have on the rear suspension, running the wires separately under two of the batteries makes this more dificult to accomplish.