Big 3 and Amp wire upgrade

fyremanpat · Feb 26, 2010

So I had enough of literally melting fuses in my amp power wire, I ordered 30 ft of 0 gauge wire to re-wire it and do a big 3 upgrade...trouble is NO one carries 0 gauge ring terminals around here, and if they do they $15 for two. Looks like Im gonna be making my terminals. I will post some pics!

drowndindreams · Feb 26, 2010

copper ftw

fyremanpat · Feb 26, 2010

Yep! Exactly what I was thinking...Probably gonna have to order new battery terminals though

clean454 · Feb 26, 2010

auto part stores should have them thats where i got mine

well some
the rest i found in blizzards garage

BigDaddy13440 · Feb 26, 2010

fyremanpat said:
So I had enough of literally melting fuses in my amp power wire, I ordered 30 ft of 0 gauge wire to re-wire it and do a big 3 upgrade...trouble is NO one carries 0 gauge ring terminals around here, and if they do they $15 for two. Looks like Im gonna be making my terminals. I will post some pics!

Go to a welding equipment store, I'm sure they have them for 0 gauge. Quite possibly, they might even have them for 4/0!

fyremanpat · Feb 26, 2010

Couldnt find terminals so I made them. 1/2 inch copper pipe seemed to do the trick

$1.75 a foot through ebay

Tried to keep it looking as stock as possible. Big 3 DONE..just gotta run the amp power tomorrow.

boble94 · Feb 26, 2010

your filter looks dirty.
lol.
other than that, it looks great man. like stock.

fyremanpat · Feb 27, 2010

OK OK I cleaned my filter today too and finished the amp install..will have pics up later

99Tahoe · Feb 27, 2010

thats not the stock alternator is it?

fyremanpat · Feb 27, 2010

and now finally finished and air filter all cleaned up just for boble94. haha

and after doing all this I would tell everyone who plans on doing this to go with 4 gauge..0 gauge is just wayyyy to hard to work with, especially when its cold out. Hope this helps.

The alternator is new but its suppose to be oe from advanced autoparts..its a 120 amp (I think)

newmarketeod · Feb 27, 2010

This may be stupid, but I am looking to do this but am not exactly sure wich wires I am upgrading. Could someone fill me in?

boble94 · Feb 27, 2010

haha pat.
so what'd you use to clean it/

fyremanpat · Feb 28, 2010

the k&n cleaner and oil

The big 3 is alt. to batt., the batt ground, engine to ground

josetizapan · Mar 1, 2010

If you have the 5.7 vortec where is the ground for it?

fyremanpat · Mar 1, 2010

The battery ground on the engine is on the passenger side behind the harmonic balancer, next to the crank position sensor. You can see it and access it from below or above. It has a few other wires grounded on it as well.

riviera rider · Mar 3, 2010

nice im running all my 1/0 guage this weekend and doing my big 3 upgrade as well as installing my 190a alt from dc power

fyremanpat · Mar 3, 2010

I learned that if its cold outside the wire is a real bear to work with, I also learned that if you heat it up ( ceramic heater) its 10x easier..Good luck and post pics when your done!

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