Do I NEED to do the Big 3? New Battery? Or can I upgrade as is...

[rebelfromva 10+ year member]

Our car uses a g91 batt too. Hard to find those

 

[Optima Bill]

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but regardless i do prefer yellowtops for ease of return if i eve have a problem with them

Thanks for using our products anyway! The World Wide Web and someone from a neighboring city from me calls me SPAM...lol

 

[SplAffair 10+ year member]

Thanks for using our products anyway! The World Wide Web and someone from a neighboring city from me calls me SPAM...lol

oh shit i just realized youre from Pigeon Forge

 

[Optima Bill]

oh shit i just realized youre from Pigeon Forge

LOL, yeah and a car guy for many years too. I really wasn't trying to sell our battery, just make sure the OP gets the right one for his application. Look me up next time you come over for a carshow, I am easy to find.

Bill Howell

 

[SplAffair 10+ year member]

LOL, yeah and a car guy for many years too. I really wasn't trying to sell our battery, just make sure the OP gets the right one for his application. Look me up next time you come over for a carshow, I am easy to find.Bill Howell

Like the rod runs? ive never seen a optima booth up there.

 

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Our car uses a g91 batt too. Hard to find those

is this the same type of battery thats in the saturn ion redline?

 

[I<3AudioTechnix 10+ year member]

- The Big 3 really pushes my budget considering supplies for it alone are $100 for the 0 AWG + terminals(ring and batt), including the parts to crimp and solder I don't own and the knowledge to correctly tear apart my car... don't wanna pay BestBuy $80 to do it either.

Where in the hell are you shopping that a Big 3 costs over $100?! I did mine for $30 with room to spare. I understand you need to go from the alternator to the rear of the car for the battery, but even all that... shouldn't be over $80 if you get a bad deal. And that's assuming you go with OFC wire.

Parts to crimp? That's a hammer. You put the wire in the terminal, and hammer it down. It's very simple to do, you just remove some bolts, put the ring terminals in place with the wire, and then replace the bolts. Done.

 

[SplAffair 10+ year member]

Where in the hell are you shopping that a Big 3 costs over $100?! I did mine for $30 with room to spare. I understand you need to go from the alternator to the rear of the car for the battery' date=' but even all that... shouldn't be over $80 if you get a bad deal. And that's assuming you go with OFC wire.Parts to crimp? That's a hammer. You put the wire in the terminal, and hammer it down. It's very simple to do, you just remove some bolts, put the ring terminals in place with the wire, and then replace the bolts. Done.[/quote']

yep i just used a Large sized phillips head screw driver and a hammer. and bam ghetto crimp

 

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

How many ft of 0 gauge do you need for a standard big 3 upgrade w/o the battery in the back? 10 ft maybe?

 

[I<3AudioTechnix 10+ year member]

How many ft of 0guage do you need for a standard big 3 upgrade w/o the battery on the back? 10 ft maybe?

On the very high end. I think I used 6 feet... I've got a small car, but my alternator is on the opposite side and bottom end from my battery. Keep in my the Battery to ground is usually like 6" or less. the engine block to ground is typically at most 2 feet.

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

i would do a big 3 regardless. i wont do anything but help

 

[rebelfromva 10+ year member]

Like the rod runs? ive never seen a optima booth up there. 

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is this the same type of battery thats in the saturn ion redline?

I believe so...

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

i think i have 4.5 total feet in my big 3

 

[rebelfromva 10+ year member]

i think i have 4.5 total feet in my big 3

our batt is in the trunk. The alt to batt wire is like 16 ft by itself. OP if you get the same extra batt I have you will be good up to 2k easily. Like I said I stay at 13.9 with maybe a .1 drop every now and then. I play all the way to work which is 30 mins from me no problems running at 1ohm on my 2k. Unless you are playing tones constantly I don't see the need for the big 3 in our cars. This is coming from someone who has experience with the same car as yours.

 

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

On the very high end. I think I used 6 feet... I've got a small car' date=' but my alternator is on the opposite side and bottom end from my battery. Keep in my the Battery to ground is usually like 6" or less. the engine block to ground is typically at most 2 feet.[/quote']
Nice... I guess I'll just measure what's already there.

Do you recommend a place to buy the wire and terminals besides knukonceptz?

 

[rebelfromva 10+ year member]

Nice... I guess I'll just measure what's already there.
Do you recommend a place to buy the wire and terminals besides knukonceptz?

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