Big 3 Upgrade done finally

[2,4shofast]

Well I finally got around to doing a big 3 upgrade. I put in a GM 4 post yellow top optima battery and stinger expert terminals. I upgrade to 0/1 gauge Stinger wiring for the alt, power post, block ground and valve cover ground.

I recently added Colex Customs caps and a Musclemerc catch can.

[breeze]

Sweet looking mm with a clean ass engine bay.

[2,4shofast]

Originally Posted by breeze

Sweet looking mm with a clean ass engine bay.

Thank you

[ctrlraven]

Looks good! I ordered my KnuKoncepts wire last week to do this on the MM and 3G alternator upgrade on my foxbody.

[MOTOWN MARAUDER]

Looks good! i realy need to finish mines

[2,4shofast]

All in all it was a very easy swap over, I had changed out a few of the wires when I first installed a yellow top but now I dont remember what the one brown wire I have left goes to

[2,4shofast]

I figured out the brown wire I posted some better pics as well.

[Vortech347]

Damn that wire has some girth to it.

[Rockettman]

Originally Posted by Vortech347

Damn that wire has some girth to it.

That's what she said.

[Rockettman]

Originally Posted by ctrlraven

Looks good! I ordered my KnuKoncepts wire last week to do this on the MM and 3G alternator upgrade on my foxbody.

^^^ you'll find that upgrade invaluable. Did mine last summer. Huge difference.

[ctrlraven]

Originally Posted by Rockettman

^^^ you'll find that upgrade invaluable. Did mine last summer. Huge difference.

I'm looking forward to be able to see at night and install my 3.8 Taurus electric fan.

Did you swap the pulleys?

[Rockettman]

^^^ the alternator one? Or all of them?

I did not change all the pulleys.

The alternator I got, was bought from a junk yard (which worked out fantastic because it had "weathered" to match everything else). It was much cheaper too. I did tell them to give me the harness with it, so I could have the plug that's needed for the new one to connect.
Anyway, the pulley on the old alt., would not go onto the pin on the 3G due to the depth of the pulley itself. The pin was too short to get the nut on. The 3G pulley wasn't much bigger than the stock one anyway; and I figured with the increase of amperage; I was fine. And I was. 13.60-13.80 amps to the battery with: the a.c. on / lights including fogs / fan on high.

[2,4shofast]

Originally Posted by Vortech347

Damn that wire has some girth to it.

These cars are so easy to run wire in, there is nothing but room! Its what I should have done the first time instead of all the 8 and 4 ga wires I used. Im going to be throwing all that Precision Power stuff in the car this summer so I was going to need to upgrade it all to 0ga any way.

[ctrlraven]

Originally Posted by Rockettman

^^^ the alternator one? Or all of them?

I did not change all the pulleys.

The alternator I got, was bought from a junk yard (which worked out fantastic because it had "weathered" to match everything else). It was much cheaper too. I did tell them to give me the harness with it, so I could have the plug that's needed for the new one to connect.
Anyway, the pulley on the old alt., would not go onto the pin on the 3G due to the depth of the pulley itself. The pin was too short to get the nut on. The 3G pulley wasn't much bigger than the stock one anyway; and I figured with the increase of amperage; I was fine. And I was. 13.60-13.80 amps to the battery with: the a.c. on / lights including fogs / fan on high.

Yeah I tried to switch the pulleys earlier and saw the depth issue, I guess I will just leave the new one on the alternator since with the 4ga wire I got for the wiring upgrade should flow plenty of current.

Originally Posted by 2,4shofast

These cars are so easy to run wire in, there is nothing but room! Its what I should have done the first time instead of all the 8 and 4 ga wires I used. Im going to be throwing all that Precision Power stuff in the car this summer so I was going to need to upgrade it all to 0ga any way.

I thought about going with 0 ga wire but since I'm not running anything high powered I'm going with KnuKoncepts 4 ga wire which has 2058 strands of cooper.

[2,4shofast]

Originally Posted by ctrlraven

I thought about going with 0 ga wire but since I'm not running anything high powered I'm going with KnuKoncepts 4 ga wire which has 2058 strands of cooper.

Im sure that will be fine, I should have gone 0ga to start but the 4ga worked very well for me when I wasnt running my stereo too hard.