 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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| McMark |
Mar 3 2011, 06:53 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,180 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Gotta wonder how many people who hear a benefit are just noticing a nice new cable with clean connections. Or how many starters are worn out and pulling extra amperage just to spin. A worn out starter that's taking 2x as much power, would benefit from bigger cables. But the cables aren't really the problem, the starter is.
This is one of those situations where it was someone's job at Porsche to decide what size cable the battery needed. If you are having a problem with the cranking speed it's either a worn out starter, dirty connetions, or bad cables/ends. |
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bandjoey Increasing the size of wiring on the Starter Battery Lead Mar 3 2011, 04:48 PM
ventedrib
I read online where some car builders replaced th... Mar 3 2011, 04:59 PM
Drums66
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 Cap'n Krusty It's essentially true, but 914s already have a... Mar 3 2011, 05:58 PM kg6dxn The Ohms law answer is yes, a larger cable will fl... Mar 3 2011, 09:12 PM |
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