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<blockquote data-quote="bubbagumper6" data-source="post: 7322391" data-attributes="member: 567719">No, no, and no, I cannot emphasize how wrong this is.&nbsp; Current DOES NOT take the path of least resistance, that&#039;s the biggest myth I&#039;ve ever heard.&nbsp; Current disperses itself over all conductors according to their resistance.&nbsp; So if you leave your stock wiring in there IT WILL BENEFIT the electrical system by carrying some of the current.&nbsp; I don&#039;t like to use examples like this because I believe it&#039;s kind of insulting to the reader but if you want one just think of the current as water and the wire as pipe, the 1/0 would be a large diameter pipe and the stock would be smaller.&nbsp; Obviously the large pipe is going to take most of the load but that doesn&#039;t mean the smaller is just going to sit there and do nothing, it takes a proportionate amount based on it&#039;s size (resistance).Unless your absolutely sure you know where the stock wiring goes I would not remove it.&nbsp; You may end up cutting power to a component and causing your car to not function anymore (yes I&#039;ve seen it happen with other members on here)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bubbagumper6, post: 7322391, member: 567719"] No, no, and no, I cannot emphasize how wrong this is. Current DOES NOT take the path of least resistance, that's the biggest myth I've ever heard. Current disperses itself over all conductors according to their resistance. So if you leave your stock wiring in there IT WILL BENEFIT the electrical system by carrying some of the current. I don't like to use examples like this because I believe it's kind of insulting to the reader but if you want one just think of the current as water and the wire as pipe, the 1/0 would be a large diameter pipe and the stock would be smaller. Obviously the large pipe is going to take most of the load but that doesn't mean the smaller is just going to sit there and do nothing, it takes a proportionate amount based on it's size (resistance). Unless your absolutely sure you know where the stock wiring goes I would not remove it. You may end up cutting power to a component and causing your car to not function anymore (yes I've seen it happen with other members on here) [/QUOTE]

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