Big 3 engine block grounding

[orphe 10+ year member]

Is this a good spot to ground from your engine blck to teh battery (-neg)?

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[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

Go for it, my engine block ground is to an alt bolt, but then I've got a ground from the alt to my strut tower and another from the batt to factory chassis location.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

The point of grounding the engine block is to ground the alternator chassis, it's just some engines have the alternators at hard to reach points and the engine block has a lot of easily accessible bolts.

 

[wickedwitt 10+ year member]

That's what it's designed for. Quite a few brackets actually have a '-' or 'NEG' written on one of these bolts. It is grounded to the alt, the generating source of your current. What better place to have a solid ground?

 

[orphe 10+ year member]

Should I remove the origional (+)wire?

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

no, leave all stock wiring. you're just adding to it.

 

[orphe 10+ year member]

If that fuse pops, wont the other wire take in all the current? Is a fuse here even necessary?

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Fuses are for safety....and that is a great grd point

 

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And nice quality pics...btw

 

[orphe 10+ year member]

BIG 3 and new ALT complete.

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

why not get a multimeter and make sure your ground is good?

 

[orphe 10+ year member]

why not get a multimeter and make sure your ground is good?

did.