If I were to go out and get new 4gauge wires for my 2002 ecotec how many wires would I need and how long should each one be?
any help from someone who has done this would be appreciated.
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Here you go Bro, These were a few posts down. I'm pretty sure these can work for the Eco wiring or at least give you an idea.
-MD- Z24 wrote:Well I went out to my local Autozone and got 4 Starter wire kits, 2 14" 4 gauge kits, and 2 30" 4 gauge kits, and ran them as I thought would be best design. All I have to say is wow, car starts in at least 1/2 the time or less when its kinda warm. Head lights seem brighter as well. I convinced myself its a good idea with just the starter.
LMR ( the unstable ) wrote:Well since you have a 2.2, an earlier version of mine, its quite simple.
Get about 10 ft of 8 gauge wire and 8 gauge ring terminals, and either a ratching crimper ($25-35) or soldering iron and solder ($20).
Put a wire from the Negitive (-) side of the battery to either the tray, or the place where your oil dip stick bolts to.
Put a wire from your left Strut tower, to one of the bolts near your IM, then another from there, to another bolt about 8 inches away, on the same side, and from there to the right strut tower bolt.
Thats called daisy chaining.
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Some people ground to the alternator, or alternator bracket, which is a good idea, but mine is seperately grounded, just for ease of removal.
Hope it helps.
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it won't make a difference.
think of it this way, if you have 2 pipes, one 10 inches in diameter and one 20 inches in diameter and run a gallon of water through them, which will flow faster.....both will flow nearly identical, not much difference.
voltage the gallon of water, and the pipes are the different gauge wires, the smaller pipe being stock and the bigger pipe is your new 4 gauge wires, current would be the water flowing, the bigger wire isn't gonna flow voltage any faster, at least not any measurable amount. so unless your just changing the wires to make the engine bay look better with colored wires or somethign, save your money
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well I dont expect a huge change in anything really, and I can get the wires for probebly nothing and yes having the engine bay look better is also part of it........and its not like it that much money.
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well, if your doing it for looks, then go ahead, and if you get the wire for cheap or free, then by all means, do it
but for a real increase in current, youd want to shorten the grounds as much as possible, since resistance in wire is measured by foot, if you remove a few inches from every ground, you lower the resistance a lot, and thus, increase current
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Daisy chaining, what does this do, could you not just connect it to the IM and then to a ground bolt and get the same objective?
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Daisy chaining is in short connecting one ground wire to the next ground wire, kinda like links of chain, going from 1 side of your engine bay to the other.
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