ground to frame or engine block?

[wetmonkey]

I'm relocating my battery to the rear of my Explorer. Should I run a cable from the NEG battery post to the frame or should I run the cable to the engine block? Or does it even matter? I heard somewhere to run it to the engine and then run one off of that to the frame. What's the difference? or is there a difference?

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[weldithot79]

depends on if your engine is isolated by rubber factory motormounts or not. If it is isolated ground to the block, if you have solid motor moounts I think you can ground anywhere on the frame.

[sandking]

I would run a ground to the chassis from the battery, then a ground from the motor to the chassis. The bigger the wire, the better.

[wetmonkey]

As far as I know, it still has the factory motor mounts. The original cable went from the batt to the engine and had a smaller one running off of that one to the frame. What's the worst case senario if I ran it to the frame and not the engine, or the engine and not the frame?

[weldithot79]

To be safe do like sand king said, run a ground to the frame and then one from the frame to the block. The heavier the wire the better, and make sure you have a good connection at all points.

[wetmonkey]

To be safe do like sand king said, run a ground to the frame and then one from the frame to the block. The heavier the wire the better, and make sure you have a good connection at all points.

i think i'll do just that, thanks.