BIg 3 and Alternator with pictures
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BIg 3 and Alternator with pictures New to the site and posting, but have been here reading for a while. I upgraded my alternator to a 145 amp out of an 03 escalade. Also did a big 3 upgrade. Wiring kit from innovative wiring. Thought I would post pictures of the difference in the stock wiring compared to the innovative wiring kit. and how they look in the stock positions. The only problem I had was the engine ground and the cable being stiff, but I did eventually get it with a few choice words and some convincing. The wiring kit is put together very nicely. ANy questions feel free to ask! Here are the pictures
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They ran 109 with shipping. I didnt like the idea of "augmenting" more clutter than necessary in my opinion. You don't have to replace the full harness. It was how I chose to do it because I like the idea of it looking factory. ta-stranger I would definatly do the big three upgrade made a big difference plus you want the extra wire capacity to carry the larger amount of current coming from the bigger alternator.
Don't the newer F bodies come with 140 amp alternators? I know in my 93 they come with the garbage low output alternator and I upgraded it with a newer one, made a decent difference for sure with just the alt. I'm sure with fatter wires it's worth it.
After all the **** I just wired into my car last weekend I'm considering this now. In my 97 I did HID lows, HID fogs, Alpine headunit, 2x Alpine Type R's, Alpine 1000w rms mono block amp, Alpine black bird GPS, and put my Cobra radar detector in. I've got a mini car audio battery wired in to help things out and so far haven't had any problems, no dimming or anything.
After all the **** I just wired into my car last weekend I'm considering this now. In my 97 I did HID lows, HID fogs, Alpine headunit, 2x Alpine Type R's, Alpine 1000w rms mono block amp, Alpine black bird GPS, and put my Cobra radar detector in. I've got a mini car audio battery wired in to help things out and so far haven't had any problems, no dimming or anything.
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Don't the newer F bodies come with 140 amp alternators? I know in my 93 they come with the garbage low output alternator and I upgraded it with a newer one, made a decent difference for sure with just the alt. I'm sure with fatter wires it's worth it.
After all the **** I just wired into my car last weekend I'm considering this now. In my 97 I did HID lows, HID fogs, Alpine headunit, 2x Alpine Type R's, Alpine 1000w rms mono block amp, Alpine black bird GPS, and put my Cobra radar detector in. I've got a mini car audio battery wired in to help things out and so far haven't had any problems, no dimming or anything.
After all the **** I just wired into my car last weekend I'm considering this now. In my 97 I did HID lows, HID fogs, Alpine headunit, 2x Alpine Type R's, Alpine 1000w rms mono block amp, Alpine black bird GPS, and put my Cobra radar detector in. I've got a mini car audio battery wired in to help things out and so far haven't had any problems, no dimming or anything.
To my knowledge in the late models you had the CS130D for the V-6 (3800 series II) and CS130 for the V-8's which are both 105 amp alternators but the CS144 could be swapped (threads here on how-to) easily in place of the CS130 and the CS144 comes in a 145 amp and in general is a better, longer lasting design, another thing I've read is it is possible to get an AD24x(can't remember the last number) from like an 03 or so suburban and swap it onto the V-8's and they are much bigger and you can get some crazy high amounts of power from them from the performance alt companies versions (upwards of 300 amps from the powermaster version).
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Verdad Gallardo The HID's are 55w low beams, 35w fogs, I was just saying after everything else there's definitely more drain, my ipod gets charged by the deck, the gps gets charged, and the cobra gets charged on top of the sub system.
All 4th gen alternators were 105amp factory.
HIDs use less power...except for the surge on startup.
Nice bang for buck upgrade there, big 3 + alt REALLY upgrades these cars. Did you notice your AC fan blows harder? LOL
Replacing or augmenting, really your preference. That Everstart Maxx is a great battery, not as good as a DHP but significantly less money, excellent bang for buck.
Nice work!!
HIDs use less power...except for the surge on startup.
Nice bang for buck upgrade there, big 3 + alt REALLY upgrades these cars. Did you notice your AC fan blows harder? LOL
Replacing or augmenting, really your preference. That Everstart Maxx is a great battery, not as good as a DHP but significantly less money, excellent bang for buck.
Nice work!!
All 4th gen alternators were 105amp factory.
HIDs use less power...except for the surge on startup.
Nice bang for buck upgrade there, big 3 + alt REALLY upgrades these cars. Did you notice your AC fan blows harder? LOL
Replacing or augmenting, really your preference. That Everstart Maxx is a great battery, not as good as a DHP but significantly less money, excellent bang for buck.
Nice work!!
HIDs use less power...except for the surge on startup.
Nice bang for buck upgrade there, big 3 + alt REALLY upgrades these cars. Did you notice your AC fan blows harder? LOL
Replacing or augmenting, really your preference. That Everstart Maxx is a great battery, not as good as a DHP but significantly less money, excellent bang for buck.
Nice work!!
Yeah when the car is running everything is perfectly fine, plenty of charge from the alt and no dimming or any problems. The thing that bothers me is the battery died on me today from listening to music for 15 minutes or so with the car off, even with the second battery. I wasn't blasting it either.. had it pretty low actually.
1 more question if anyone knows, not to thread hijack either, but has anyone had their "ABS inop" light come on after any electrical related upgrades aside from a SS spoiler? For some reason my ABS inop came on after the battery had died.. I popped the clutch to get the car running again and it came on. (push the car, get it rolling, put it in second gear & fired right up).
1 more question if anyone knows, not to thread hijack either, but has anyone had their "ABS inop" light come on after any electrical related upgrades aside from a SS spoiler? For some reason my ABS inop came on after the battery had died.. I popped the clutch to get the car running again and it came on. (push the car, get it rolling, put it in second gear & fired right up).
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All 4th gen alternators were 105amp factory.
HIDs use less power...except for the surge on startup.
Nice bang for buck upgrade there, big 3 + alt REALLY upgrades these cars. Did you notice your AC fan blows harder? LOL
Replacing or augmenting, really your preference. That Everstart Maxx is a great battery, not as good as a DHP but significantly less money, excellent bang for buck.
Nice work!!
HIDs use less power...except for the surge on startup.
Nice bang for buck upgrade there, big 3 + alt REALLY upgrades these cars. Did you notice your AC fan blows harder? LOL
Replacing or augmenting, really your preference. That Everstart Maxx is a great battery, not as good as a DHP but significantly less money, excellent bang for buck.
Nice work!!
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Yeah when the car is running everything is perfectly fine, plenty of charge from the alt and no dimming or any problems. The thing that bothers me is the battery died on me today from listening to music for 15 minutes or so with the car off, even with the second battery. I wasn't blasting it either.. had it pretty low actually.
1 more question if anyone knows, not to thread hijack either, but has anyone had their "ABS inop" light come on after any electrical related upgrades aside from a SS spoiler? For some reason my ABS inop came on after the battery had died.. I popped the clutch to get the car running again and it came on. (push the car, get it rolling, put it in second gear & fired right up).
1 more question if anyone knows, not to thread hijack either, but has anyone had their "ABS inop" light come on after any electrical related upgrades aside from a SS spoiler? For some reason my ABS inop came on after the battery had died.. I popped the clutch to get the car running again and it came on. (push the car, get it rolling, put it in second gear & fired right up).
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I dont know about the case numbers and Im sure if I did some research I would know what they are, but all I did was tell them it was out of an 03 cadillac escalade. Make sure they know its a 145 or they will try and give you the 145. If you go to a junk yard tell them its and EG3 i believe.
