 Increasing the size of wiring on the Starter Battery Lead, True or False? |
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| bandjoey |
 Mar 3 2011, 04:48 PM
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bandjoey  Group: Members Posts: 4,934 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
I read online where some car builders replaced the battery to starter lead wire with a larger size wire, to improve starting power.
Anyone do this? Worthwhile? What size wire, if so? Thanks |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Mar 3 2011, 05:58 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
It's essentially true, but 914s already have a pretty substantial cable, and I've never seen any reason to go bigger. Besides their size, they're of good quality, something the FLAPS cables are not. Welding cable might be better, but then you have to deal with properly installing high quality ends in order to gain any benefit. If the ends don't fit the connectors properly, and they're not crimped to the cable properly, you've just wasted your money.
The Cap'n |
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bandjoey Increasing the size of wiring on the Starter Battery Lead Mar 3 2011, 04:48 PM
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I read online where some car builders replaced th... Mar 3 2011, 04:59 PM
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I read online where some car builders replaced t... Mar 3 2011, 05:40 PM jsayre914 I just replaced mine recently with a 0guage power ... Mar 3 2011, 05:21 PM Andyrew I've always given the starter a better ground ... Mar 3 2011, 05:34 PM 914.SBC
I've always given the starter a better ground... Mar 3 2011, 05:36 PM McMark Gotta wonder how many people who hear a benefit ar... Mar 3 2011, 06:53 PM kg6dxn The Ohms law answer is yes, a larger cable will fl... Mar 3 2011, 09:12 PM |
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