That was my very first eco-mod: running a thick copper wire from under the front bonnet where the battery was all the way along the top drip canal to the back of the car where the motor was. The wiring in those Renaults were always messing up, but I don't think that solution did!
Those cars have a Ferlac clutch where you touch the gearshift and the current flowing through you is grounded and engages the clutch. Never did work right! D-D.E.