Will the big 3 even help me

[nba1341 10+ year member]

Ok so yea even without big bass beats or whatever just rpm variations for me make my headlights fluctuate along with my interior lights. My amp can be on without any music playing and I still have my headlights going all weird on the freeway.

So if I do the big 3 will it help the problem???

Also right now my negative battery terminal is a 4g wire going straight to the engine block. Is this normal??

its a 1965 mustang nothing is stock though and it was re-wired over a year ago

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[Linkz 10+ year member]

The big 3 will always help. Your lights may be going bad, or your alternator is going out. I would have it checked.

You should do 1/0 to the engine as well as the frame of the vehicle.

 

[nba1341 10+ year member]

ok i read 15 pages of that thread and now pretty much understand it

so now my question is how in the world do i find out the amps my alternator puts out

if i get a 120a fuse should i be good because i know i have no HO amp

it looks like this

would it have a reading anywhere

 

[nba1341 10+ year member]

also does anyone know if this website sells by the foot or what because it just says 3.40 without telling me what comes there

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productMaster.cfm?category=Kolossus%20Fleks%20Kable

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

Ok so yea even without big bass beats or whatever just rpm variations for me make my headlights fluctuate along with my interior lights. My amp can be on without any music playing and I still have my headlights going all weird on the freeway.

So if I do the big 3 will it help the problem???

Also right now my negative battery terminal is a 4g wire going straight to the engine block. Is this normal??

its a 1965 mustang nothing is stock though and it was re-wired over a year ago

it wont help you, check your voltage at idle, and have your alt tested @ autozone.

 

[Linkz 10+ year member]

you don't need a fuse for the big 3.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

it wont help you, check your voltage at idle, and have your alt tested @ autozone.

the wire from alt+ to battery is 16awg and way too long. yes it will help.

when I did 4awg on my maverick I even got better performance.

I do not have slips, but I went from low 9 to upper 8's in the 1/8

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

the wire from alt+ to battery is 16awg and way too long. yes it will help.
when I did 4awg on my maverick I even got better performance.

I do not have slips, but I went from low 9 to upper 8's in the 1/8

why would it be 16ga?

no way its that small...

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

why would it be 16ga?
no way its that small...

that is the size of the conductor in every 60 and 70 model ford car I have worked on

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

on the pin closest to the camera; the red is from the battery and the brown is from the alternator

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

i didnt know that, my bad

id upgrade in your case....

 

[Thedeadly1 10+ year member]

also does anyone know if this website sells by the foot or what because it just says 3.40 without telling me what comes there
http://www.knukonceptz.com/productMaster.cfm?category=Kolossus%20Fleks%20Kable

NBA, im not going to tell you who i am, but i hope all is well from the moddedmustang forums..

Your alternator is shot

 

[nba1341 10+ year member]

NBA, im not going to tell you who i am, but i hope all is well from the moddedmustang forums..
Your alternator is shot

haha uhhh

and my alternator isnt shot :/

if anything my battery is because it dies when i leave the accessory switch turned for more than 5 minutes.

it looses a charge pretty fast

 

[nba1341 10+ year member]

is there anyway to know how many amps my alternator is based on the volts it puts out at idle ???

 

[Thedeadly1 10+ year member]

Then get a new battery.