how much rms till i need to do big 3?

[shaneb 10+ year member]

Well, not sure about the specifics, but a lot of higher-end cars and "performance cars" have a bit beefier alt so it can "PROVIDE OPTIMUM POWER TO TEH SPARKZ". -shrug- The numbers give the designers a chubby.


'The big 3' as it's been coined allows for a better flow of electricity into the circuit. It provides more surface area for the "power" to flow through.

This is wrong. The idea is that the factory wiring isn't the optimum size. Doing an over-sized Big 3 helps to make the whole electrical system more efficient and put less strain on the whole circuit,

Right, but what circuit? Assuming that Electricity will choose the path with least resistance, once we "upgrade" to the big 3, dooes the factory wiring still come into play? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif I like this stuff. Actually takes using your head.

Edit - someone with the big 3, go stick ur tounge on the old stuff and tell me if its working.

 

[maseyferguson05 10+ year member]

You may leave all other wires in place and just add the new to those locations.

Mind explaining this better?

 

[(Hayden) 10+ year member]

You could benefit from doing it even if you didn't have an Audio System in your vehicle.

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

Mind explaining this better?

Well u add along. u dont take off the stock wires u just go along with it. put bigger wires with the stock wires. u run pretty much another wire from alt to battery + then battery - to ground then engine block to chassis. sand down all connection that tuch metal