I finally got my battery hooked up in the trunk last night, and the car fired up right off the bat. All the lights worked, didn't see any smoke, and driving around last night and to work this morning was pretty uneventful.
I've only been kicking around the relocation kit for two years, and it took me about 3 weeks of hassling with the installation.
I have the positive cable going through the rubber booty for the steering column in the firewall. Initially, the cable ran down the center console, but I and some others had reservations about running it that close to the ECU, so I moved the cable so it runs down the channel on the LH-side of the driver's seat where all those wires are for taillights and whatnot.
For the grounding cable, I found this in the mailing list archives: In the trunk, there are two rubber caps on the right side by where the jack is. Pop off the caps, and there are two bolts which I think are for the heatshield or muffler hangar. I hooked the grounding wire to one of the bolts.


I have the positive cable going through the rubber booty for the steering column in the firewall. Initially, the cable ran down the center console, but I and some others had reservations about running it that close to the ECU, so I moved the cable so it runs down the channel on the LH-side of the driver's seat where all those wires are for taillights and whatnot.
For the grounding cable, I found this in the mailing list archives: In the trunk, there are two rubber caps on the right side by where the jack is. Pop off the caps, and there are two bolts which I think are for the heatshield or muffler hangar. I hooked the grounding wire to one of the bolts.