Official CarAudio.com Big 3 Thread

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

You speak as though you have been a contributing member of this forum for years, and are indeed speaking on behave of all the posters you have gotten to know so very well in that time.

In case you didn't remember, you joined September of 06 and considering you are all of 22 years old, you have no business refering to anyone as "son".

he may not have any friends, but regardless...READ THE THREAD ABOUT THE BIG 3, DON'T MAKE A NEW ONE

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

i guess i can chime in also... make sure u fuse to your wire not the alternator rated power //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

who cares about ur alt putting out 200 amp if ur wire can only handle 100 amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

fuse to the wire

 

[disturbedfuel15 10+ year member]

I know I dont have any friends around here yet, but I think I can speak for all of us when I say we dont like repeating ourselves. You dont have to have friends to know that. You dont think Ive been using forums on the internet for years? It doesnt matter what type of forum it is, it is a given that no one likes repeating themselves. That is simply why I spoke for all of us. The son part was a joke, if you couldnt tell. I have no idea how old you are, and Im sick of explaining myself here. I dont have to prove anything to you //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[crazy4ozs]

^^disturbedfuel=hostile individual^^//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/hide.gif.2d479cfd917eedfe201353b91522ceab.gif

 

[aeronautica86 10+ year member]

^^disturbedfuel=hostile individual^^//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/hide.gif.2d479cfd917eedfe201353b91522ceab.gif

hahaha, well he's trying to be at least //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif , but no matter, my question has been answered.

 

[ssbogger 10+ year member]

maybe i need to cause a ruckus to get mine answered then...

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

maybe i need to cause a ruckus to get mine answered then...

What is your question?

 

[disturbedfuel15 10+ year member]

ssbogger, the only advice I can give you is to follow the + wire coming from the battery. It will eventually go to the alternator, so just try to follow it by all means possible... Other than that, I'm not sure we can help you out more than that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

I read it all the way through. I re-read my post and I don't think I was really clear on my problem.
The + on the battery has a female plastic connector that connects to something under the fan. The alt is no where near this connection. The only wire i see coming from the alt connects to the - terminal on the battery.

I dont have a problem with the - terminal to ground and engine block to chassis, those are fairly simple. It's just when i looked under the hood and expected to see the + battery cable going to the alt and it wasnt. This halted my install and left me confused.

Any help?

Maybe I didn't explain it enough. It doesn't really matter where the stock wires go bud. Just add new ones.

alright I didn't want to read through all the pages of the thread to find my answer, so I'll just ask: I'm about to do the big 3 and want to put a fuse on the wire from the batt positive to alt positive, my alt is rated at 115a. Should I get a 120a fuse or slightly higher?

Go back and stop being lazy.

great way to up your post count //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif
this is a thread specifically started to answer questions regarding the big 3, so I'm here asking my question; if I had started a new thread in the forum with the same question I could understand a rash of responses along the lines of "Search!"

You're doing pretty much the same thing as a new thread. We created this thread so people would READ it.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

For all you kids that are still in Jr High (or acting like it). I've asked some mods to delete this argument. I don't want this to get all cluttered up when people want to come hear and read Relevant information.

 

[ssbogger 10+ year member]

Alright, well thanks anyways. Thats all i knew to do as well. I didnt know if anyone had done it on a tacoma yet. I guess i could find out if the wire coming off the alt is power or not by using the dmm.

 

[RaiN 10+ year member]

Just did the Big 3 in 2/0 welding cable... Its Orange so that adds what... 30hp? On a serious note, my lights dim less, but I still need a larger alternator.

 

[nVRuckus 5,000+ posts]

You're doing pretty much the same thing as a new thread. We created this thread so people would READ it.

ehh i wouldnt read all the pages either too much BS in it. Thats like saying search the hot chicks thread for duplicates LOL.

 

[dbman150 5,000+ posts]

just did the big 3 works great heres some pics

 

[Frankensuby 10+ year member]

JohnEcon: I want to make a post similar to this format on my Subaru Forums, would you mind? I already gave this thread credit for my original post with my completed Big 3, but I want to make one specific for Subaru owners if you do not mind. Let me know. Here is my original Thread:

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1118392