Big 3 CCA vs OFC vc Tinned OFC

[sbarber82 10+ year member]

I am about to order a big 3 kit. Do you guys think there is much of a difference between CCA, OFC, and Tinned OFC when it come to the short runs of a big 3 kit?

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[neo_styles 10+ year member]

Short runs? Nope. Should be good

 

[UnderFire 10+ year member]

I wouldn't use CCA on the big 3 just because Aluminum doesn't hold up to the weather quite as well.

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

I wouldn't use CCA on the big 3 just because Aluminum doesn't hold up to the weather quite as well.

Done the right way the cable strands shouldn't be exposed to the elements. Crimp the terminals, solder them, heat shrink the joint of the terminal to the jacket, then cover it all to mimic the factory wire runs. Paint over the connection to the engine or frame to keep oxygen out of the joint there too. If you're going to do all that then OFC would naturally be used as well.

 

[UnderFire 10+ year member]

Done the right way the cable strands shouldn't be exposed to the elements. Crimp the terminals, solder them, heat shrink the joint of the terminal to the jacket, then cover it all to mimic the factory wire runs. Paint over the connection to the engine or frame to keep oxygen out of the joint there too. If you're going to do all that then OFC would naturally be used as well.

Exactly, the Big 3 is kind of a more permanent change, so when you start to get the wear and tear on the jacket and shrink wrap and get little holes starting, you don't want the wire inside to go bad.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

spend the extra money and go OFC

knukonceptz has great prices.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

just get one of the kits already done , just needs to be bolted on .i do sell them .ends are crimped and soldered ,heat shrinked to .3 pieces cut to your length specs .