Posted by Traveler on February 19, 03 at 19:56:51:
In Reply to: Battery cable questions (kinda long) posted by Fat Boy on February 18, 03 at 10:50:35:
:I need the following info:
:Ring size at the terminal clamps? (Traveler?)
3/8" eye
:Ring size at the starter and alternator?
From memory, the heavy starter lug was 3/8", but best to verify.
Alternator is is same as the input to the fuse/relay center on mine. Use lug with one quarter inch hole or use lug with a #10 hole drilled to 15/64”.
:Cable/wire size for the body grounds
I used #8 green.
:and alternator connection? I'm thinking 8 AWG.
Stock was #6 wire measuring just under 0.1 Ohm incl fusable link. I replaced it with #4 wire and the Mil-style fuse from Skycraft.
:Length, wire size, and fusable link size of the mystery wire?
Dunno
As far as the ground straps, I had one from the chassis to the heater core mounting stud, one from the chassis up to somewhere on the back of the block. I just cleaned up the ends and the frame where they mount (near the PS exhaust manifold). Then I added a #2 cable from that point up to the neg of the PS battery.