Good Ground??

[DJSEVEN 10+ year member]

oK SO i DID THE Big 3 yesterday and now it seems that my Amp is straining for power.

I ran 1 gauge for everything and have 0 running to the Amp and Amp Ground.

My Ground for the Battery Chasis is to the Strut!

A Kinetic 1400 bat

I grinded down the paint to bare metal before grounding!

Is this a good enough ground? I thought it would be but Now my amp is strainging (not hitting like normal) and it was fine with the Stock setup.

Any Ideas???

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[YoungBloodM50 10+ year member]

Did you leave the original 3 wires? I believe you are supposed to add the 1/0 to the existing wiring. But I have not done it myself, I only speak from memory of the info that I read.

 

[brmcm15 10+ year member]

Did you leave the original 3 wires? I believe you are supposed to add the 1/0 to the existing wiring. But I have not done it myself, I only speak from memory of the info that I read.

no.

http://caraudio.com/forum/wiring-electrical-installation-help/152355-official-caraudio-com-big-3-thread.html

and u also need to replace the power coming from the alt to the battery if u havent already (big 3 , not the big 2)

did u upgrade ur alt?

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

Did you leave the original 3 wires? I believe you are supposed to add the 1/0 to the existing wiring. But I have not done it myself, I only speak from memory of the info that I read.

ya.. just add the big 3 overtop of your factory wiring

 

[brmcm15 10+ year member]

ya.. just add the big 3 overtop of your factory wiring

buzz. wrong. u replace factory wiring. wires will catch on fire.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

buzz. wrong. u replace factory wiring. wires will catch on fire.

wtf, are you talking about, why would adding to your factory cause a fire? Please explain in great detail...

 

[DJSEVEN 10+ year member]

LOL..no i did the big 3.

Alt Pos,

ground to engine block

Ground to strut

I did not upgrade my alt but it was working fine for the past 3 months and as soon as i did this upgrade it was lacking power!!

I took off all the factory wire except the wire to my starter.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

LOL..no i did the big 3. Alt Pos,

ground to engine block

Ground to strut

I did not upgrade my alt but it was working fine for the past 3 months and as soon as i did this upgrade it was lacking power!!

I took off all the factory wire except the wire to my starter.

That was a mistake

 

[DJSEVEN 10+ year member]

I followed the Maxxsonics guide on youtube and he threw away all the factory wire.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

I followed the Maxxsonics guide on youtube and he threw away all the factory wire.

And look where it got you...

I'm telling you, you need to simply ADD to the factory wiring. Leaving it in place will do no harm, but if you remove it, and screw something up, your left scratching your head, like you are right now.

 

[cartablanca 10+ year member]

no.
http://caraudio.com/forum/wiring-electrical-installation-help/152355-official-caraudio-com-big-3-thread.html

and u also need to replace the power coming from the alt to the battery if u havent already (big 3 , not the big 2)

did u upgrade ur alt?

sig worthy?

 

[DJSEVEN 10+ year member]

DAM.... its all gone now!

I did notice this as well on the Big 3 thread on CA.

"Each wire serves its own special purpose, so you need to upgrade/replace all three for maximum potential of this mod."

 

[DJSEVEN 10+ year member]

Thank you...i will try to recover the wire...man it was hell to get that wire on last night!

I had to remove all kinds of crap to get to a lot of these connections!

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

woah woah woah...Your running a Crunch 3kw amp at 1/2 ohm on your stock alt with one battery? Your going to have bigger problems than the big 3 man...

 

[DJSEVEN 10+ year member]

WEll I need it for CLASS Street B for DB Drag.

I am actually getting another Kinetic after this weekend for the rear for Street Beat.