well finally talk to summit racing where i bought the powermaster alt, and they told me all i need is a 6 gauge or higher power wire and thats it, so i dont need a fuse inbetween and i dont need the harness either. so all i need is a nice day
You may be able to get by without a fuse and a nice fat wire, but it may save you from an underhood fire some day.
Do it right and do it once.
Pa-Performance sells the setup you need for $45 ready to bolt on. You could probably make it yourself for half of that, I guess it depends what your time is worth to you.
im going to put the fuse in just in case, but the tech at summit said not to use the alt harness to just leave off. but if i do that i dont need to hook up a ground wire
im going to put the fuse in just in case, but the tech at summit said not to use the alt harness to just leave off. but if i do that i dont need to hook up a ground wire
The alternator is grounded through its mounting attachment. Doing an additional ground (motor to chassis or alt bracket to chassis) is optional but a good idea. FYI, your OEM alternator wiring does not have a ground wire. It sounded like you thought you might need to reuse some ground wire from the factory wiring harness. Not so.
yeah i will hook it up as soon as it stops raining. im going to the zone and get a 6 gauge wire and a fuse and a sodering tool its going to be a pain trying to soder a big wire but at least it will be tight. thanks for all ur help
Use a torch to solder the ring connectors on. Hold the ring connector with some pliers, channel locks, etc. and heat it with a torch. When it's good and hot (shouldn't take more than 5 or 10 seconds) fill the open end with solder and shove the wire in while it's still hot. Once it cools, put some heat shring tubing over the connection, and you'll be good to go.
These are the type of ring connectors I'm referring to: