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  3. big 3 upgrade problem

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    Just reread the question about the alt. There will be a plug that has some small wires on it, and there should be one fat wire going to a bolt on it. You want to put your wire on the same bolt as that fat wire (its probably 8 or 4 gauge).

    lol, i've checked several times in the past few days, thats why i haven't upgraded yet, its a 4 banger motor, so i don't have easy access to the alt but i can see the alt just fine, and i ran my hand from the battery and both positive wires run from battery to starter and another from battery to the fuse box with a 80 amp inline fuse... may i ask why i need to run 300 amp fuses, i'm only running 3 kicker cvx's 12's , a pa1-4000d amp, avh-3200dvd head unit. all my wiring is 4 gauge with a shuriken btk-80 which is 80 amp/hr rated at 1900 watts of surge power, the amp runs at 1 ohm stable 2200 watts give and take a few, but soon i'll upgrade the amp cuz i'm running at .67 ohm load on the amp, to my suprise it doesn't get hot, just warm...

  4. big 3 upgrade problem

    in General Audio - Can't find a category for your question? Ask here.

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    Just reread the question about the alt. There will be a plug that has some small wires on it, and there should be one fat wire going to a bolt on it. You want to put your wire on the same bolt as that fat wire (its probably 8 or 4 gauge).

    lol, i've checked several times in the past few days, thats why i haven't upgraded yet, its a 4 banger motor, so i don't have easy access to the alt but i can see the alt just fine, and i ran my hand from the battery and both positive wires run from battery to starter and another from battery to the fuse box with a 80 amp inline fuse... may i ask why i need to run 300 amp fuses, i'm only running 3 kicker cvx's 12's , a pa1-4000d amp, avh-3200dvd head unit. all my wiring is 4 gauge with a shuriken btk-80 which is 80 amp/hr rated at 1900 watts of surge power, the amp runs at 1 ohm stable 2200 watts give and take a few, but soon i'll upgrade the amp cuz i'm running at .67 ohm load on the amp, to my suprise it doesn't get hot, just warm...

  5. big 3 upgrade problem

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    I can answer a few of your questions. 1. fusing between alt and battery is not needed but is strongly advised as a saftey precaution. 2. get rid of the battery Isolator it only causes unneeded resistance . how big is your alt? you may want to do 2 runs of 1/0 to the back battery to improve flow

    its a stock 130 amp alt, as far as upgrading, i would have to do that sometime later down the road, but i like the answer you gave me about the isolator, makes sense now why i'm getting voltage drop on the hard hits,

  6. big 3 upgrade problem

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    I already know what the big 3 upgrade is , 1/0 battery to engine block, another from battery to chassis, then battery to alt... Well thats where the problem ends, battery to alt, there isn't one, it actually runs to the starter, anyone know of any complications with this. ITs a 2009 chevy malibu, i can access my alt, but... where the f^%& do i hook it up to, should i leave the stock cable from battery to starter alone or junk it for the 1/0 wire, the other question is do i fuse that wire (battery to alt)?. Third question, i got my second battery in the trunk with an isolator, is this the proper set up or should i be running the wire straight from main battery to the trunk battery without the isolator??? please advise me

    Thanks

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