Nice build thread. Me myself I've been in a rut with my '03 for about a year now. I can count on one hand all my upgrades since I bought it a year ago.
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Hey with your Big 3 upgrade approximately how many feet of 1/0 power and ground did you use? Is it necessary to updrade that 8mm wire going to the back of the alternator or just 1/0 along the main line that goes to the red box? Also, with the firewall braided line ground where does it lead?
battery to frame was about 3 feet
body to alt was about 4 feet (factory was to engine block which is the braided line you asked about) I couldn't get in to replace it or add the braided line so just routed it to the alt
power wire from alt to battery was probably another 3 feet
so 10ish feet. I would round up to 12 though to be on safe side. I'd rather have a hair too much than not enough
also you can add the 1/0 to the power run. I left all of my factory wiring as to not mess with something that already worked just fine factory.
When you get done with the deadener, how much weight will you have added to the truck?
hmm good question.
the dynamat I just ordered if I use it all will be 60-70 pounds
the mlv is about 1lb per sq ft and I will probably be adding around 120 square feet and the ccf maybe 10 pounds?
I would give a rough estimate of about 200 pounds which is a lot of weight but I doubt the ole hoe will notice
