[Billfrombyron]

Just finished up with the big 3.

That's 1 additional 000 awg wire from the alternator to the main power terminal at the fuse box, and 2 additional grounds. One from the passenger side cylinder head and one to the passenger side forward frame rail.

So far 13.9v under load vs 13.1v when I drove into the shop this morning.

I'll tentively say mission accomplished.

-Byron

 

[soopervdave]

Just finished up with the big 3.

That's 1 additional 000 awg wire from the alternator to the main power terminal at the fuse box, and 2 additional grounds. One from the passenger side cylinder head and one to the passenger side forward frame rail.

So far 13.9v under load vs 13.1v when I drove into the shop this morning.

I'll tentively say mission accomplished.

-Byron

I'm assuming this is a common upgrade on these cars? I just swooped up an 05 V and i'm currently freshing it up. Still learning the tricks of the trade.

David

 

[kbraniff]

When I first got mine I was getting a lot of high oil temp alarms. One reading was at about 300. Refreshing the grounds under the hood and a new oil temp/level sensor (for good measure) corrected that problem. Fortunately, for me, all I experienced was the nuisance alarms for the oil temp. I understand these poor grounds can cause more, and worse, problems.

 

[Billfrombyron]

Just finished up with the big 3.

That's 1 additional 000 awg wire from the alternator to the main power terminal at the fuse box, and 2 additional grounds. One from the passenger side cylinder head and one to the passenger side forward frame rail.

So far 13.9v under load vs 13.1v when I drove into the shop this morning.

I'll tentively say mission accomplished.

-Byron

I'm assuming this is a common upgrade on these cars? I just swooped up an 05 V and i'm currently freshing it up. Still learning the tricks of the trade.

David

I'd recommend that plus cleaning up the grounds under the hood.

One by the hood strut, one on each cylinder head and one below the air box and one below the fuse box.

Then run 2 000 ga grounds from the cylinder head to the battery ground and from the frame rail or hood strut to the battery.

Run an additional 000 power wire from the alternator to the positive terminal lug in the fuse box. I've got a solid 13.6-14.2 V now. Previously I had 12.6-13.2

-Byron

 

[soopervdave]

Thx for the info!