[SummerSledSix]

Echo,

Here is one way to do a front battery thing for a six conversion. The battery "tray" is just some Home Depot angle iron "U"ed and welded in with a spacer. Collapsible spare from an 84 911, plenty of these in Porsche junkyards, tie down is a nut welded on the end of a tube welded to the bulkhead (probably easier to do a bolt-on with threaded rod). Standard 914-6 cooler shroud repro. I used the side terminals on the Optima, facing aft for the connections to keep things clean. Probably need a stronger batt strap for D/E, but hey, you can build anything with duct tape and wrap ties...

I used #2 wire from the local auto shop who also crimped the lugs on for me (~13 ft), ran it thru the existing hole for the windshield washer tube, thru to the passenger footwell, then along the outside of the tunnel (away from the gas lines), then thru the firewall, grommets as needed, then over the engine, terminating on the mega-lug that is on the starter. Not noticeable with the carpet in place.