I just wanna pick the brains of some of the electrical Guru's on theses boards for a little bit. Once I fix my stance problem (car sits on its ass), The battery is going in the trunk. Im trying to make sure my wiring ideas will be good and not cause problems.
I have a 3g (130 amp) alt, with a 4ga wire connecting it to the starter solenoid which is tucked away in the diverside fender. The battery would go on the passenger side of the trunk (or should I put it on the driver side?). 1/0ga cable would go from the negative post on the batt to the Quad shock mount bolt. 4ga wire would then go from that same spot (Quad shock mount bolt) to the stock Batt ground (the cable would be hidden under the frame rail and radiator suport and under the lower radiator hose to make it look like a clean install.). Then I would run 4ga cable from this spot (stock Batt ground) to the CPU ground (which is hidden in the fender, again this cable would be hidden to make it look good). As you can see I understand this part, its the positive Im curious about:
I want to mount a turn off switch in the same fasion as Bottlefed92, behind the rear liscense plate. I would run 4ga cable from the Positive Batt termintal to the cut-off switch. Then I would run 4ga cable from the otherside of the cut-off switch to the starter solenoid. This would pos another problem however, if I installed a mini stater, the stud on the solenoid isn't long enough. So here are my questions ideas I have then:
1) Instead of running the 4ga (positive) cable from the cut-off to the starter solenoid, can I run that same cable from the cut-off switch to the post on the 3g Alt? that way I would only need to run the Alt cable to the start solenoid? or would this cause problems?
2) If I can do what is asked in number 1, how about this for the ground: Instead of running the ground from the quad shock to the stock ground to the CPU ground, can I run it from the quad shock to the CPU ground to the stock ground?
3) Does this setup make sense? Or would I just run into electrical and ground problems?
I have a 3g (130 amp) alt, with a 4ga wire connecting it to the starter solenoid which is tucked away in the diverside fender. The battery would go on the passenger side of the trunk (or should I put it on the driver side?). 1/0ga cable would go from the negative post on the batt to the Quad shock mount bolt. 4ga wire would then go from that same spot (Quad shock mount bolt) to the stock Batt ground (the cable would be hidden under the frame rail and radiator suport and under the lower radiator hose to make it look like a clean install.). Then I would run 4ga cable from this spot (stock Batt ground) to the CPU ground (which is hidden in the fender, again this cable would be hidden to make it look good). As you can see I understand this part, its the positive Im curious about:
I want to mount a turn off switch in the same fasion as Bottlefed92, behind the rear liscense plate. I would run 4ga cable from the Positive Batt termintal to the cut-off switch. Then I would run 4ga cable from the otherside of the cut-off switch to the starter solenoid. This would pos another problem however, if I installed a mini stater, the stud on the solenoid isn't long enough. So here are my questions ideas I have then:
1) Instead of running the 4ga (positive) cable from the cut-off to the starter solenoid, can I run that same cable from the cut-off switch to the post on the 3g Alt? that way I would only need to run the Alt cable to the start solenoid? or would this cause problems?
2) If I can do what is asked in number 1, how about this for the ground: Instead of running the ground from the quad shock to the stock ground to the CPU ground, can I run it from the quad shock to the CPU ground to the stock ground?
3) Does this setup make sense? Or would I just run into electrical and ground problems?