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Originally Posted by GOAT8U2
0awg battery ground
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Probably a bit on the huge side, but not horrible, and no harm done except the extra weight.
What size is the battery-to-Starter cable? 4-gauge? There is NO reason to have one side of the circuit four gauge sizes larger than the other side of the circuit.
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Originally Posted by GOAT8U2
4awg alternator positive post to battery (.02v loss)
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Unless you've got some monster alternator, AND heavy electrical loads, that's just silly. That's starter-cable size, not alternator size. Hanging that much copper off of the lil' stud on the alternator is risky. Factory gauge would have been...10 or perhaps 8. Six-gauge would easily be enough of an "upgrade". Around here, the parts stores are stocking 6-gauge cables on the display rack as BATTERY CABLES. (Yes, that's way undersized for a battery cable for anything with a real engine.)
WHAT is your starter-motor amperage draw? The old 10MT, "High Torque" starters on select big-block cars would draw up to 225 amps, but most vehicles were between 170--200.
WHAT is your alternator output
in actual testing by lowering battery voltage with a carbon-pile? (Not the phonied-up "rating", over-estimated for marketing purposes.)