3G Wire lengths?

pyroman · Apr 13, 2009

I'm putting in the 3G as you probably have guessed and going by diagrams I've seen I'm going to be running 4 AWG wire to a 175 A fuse and then 4 AWG wire to the starter solenoid. I'm getting some free 4 AWG cable from a stereo shop and am going to meet someone who can cut and crimp it properly. I want to do this this week and won't be able to get to my car until at least this weekend so I was wondering generally how long I should cut the cables to get them crimped? Also where do you guys mount your fuse? Fender?

Tim65GT · Apr 13, 2009

With out determining where you would want the fuse to be mounted, only a guess can be made. I would say about 24 inches from the alternator to the fuse mounted close to the solenoid and then 6-12 inched from the fuse to the B+ solenoid. You could get by with shorter, but you can deal with the cables a tad long.

Here is my power distribution point where the battery used to be.

pyroman · Apr 15, 2009

Wow that's a really nice setup. I think I may try to emulate it . What did you use as a ground for your battery?

Tim65GT · Apr 15, 2009

What did you use as a ground for your battery?

The ground cable is contained inside my battery box in the trunk. it is 1/0 marine battery cable. The lug is double nutted at the bottom where the stud goes through the trunk floor at the frame flange.

The Engine is grounded with the same type of cable to one of the sway bar bolts and the other end to the side of the block just below the alternator:

Just make sure all lugs are crimped good, the paint is scraped off to bare metal and connections are tight.

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