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All_Show_N_No_GoMay-04-03 09:16 PM
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#50466, "bye bye flickering dash and over head lights :)"


          

so i was bored as hell siting at work on friday and decided to grab some 4 guage moster cable ground wire and make a ground kit for my car , and wow no power increase whats so ever but who cares no more flickering dash light when i bump the stereo..a must for anyone who has that problem. im going to run a 2 guage power wire to the starter tommorow.

  

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WickedESiMay-05-03 08:54 AM
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#50484, "RE: bye bye flickering dash and over head lights :)"
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What point did you run the ground cable to? Did you keep the two existing 8 AWG'ers?

  

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All_Show_N_No_GoMay-05-03 10:24 PM
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#50531, "RE: bye bye flickering dash and over head lights :)"
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May-05-03 10:28 PM by All_Show_N_No_Go

          

i have only done 2 with an extra third
1. from the battery to the trans
2. from the intake mani to the fire wall grinded off the paint on the firewall for that one
3. an extra ground from the battery to the same spot on the firewall

im goin to replace the power wire from the bayttery to the starter and run a 2 guage cable today.
can doing any of this be bad for my car or screw sumthin' up?

  

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TeamMichael_97RSMay-06-03 05:35 AM
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#50547, "RE: bye bye flickering dash and over head lights :)"
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Bad? NOOOO

Good electrical paths can only help. It apparently helped you. Sometimes upgrading the ground doesn't really have an effect. But if you use better wires and make better connections you at the very least won't be worse off. I'm starting to think it could be a good idea to reground her.



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95_TalonVTMay-06-03 10:36 PM
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#50641, "RE: bye bye flickering dash and over head lights :)"
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If you bump your system and it causes your lights and dash to flicker.. you might want to consider getting a High Output alternator. Especially if you have an amplifier and it is around 1000watts+. If it clips or messes up too badly you can damage your system.

  

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MotoFoolMay-07-03 06:45 AM
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#50656, "RE: bye bye flickering dash and over head lights :)"
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a capacitor or bat cap is a good idea when u run a large amp on your stereo...

You can have it cheap, fast or good. Pick any two.

If you want it cheap and fast, it's not going to be good.
If you want it cheap and good, it's not going to be fast.
If you want it good and fast, it's not going to be cheap.

  

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