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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 06:44 PM
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well, was bored at my buddies radio shop, so i made some 0-gage grounding wires. a little overkill, but looks nice!!!!!

bling bling!!!!

if ya want me to make you a set, let me know.

all phoenix gold wire and terminals.

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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 06:46 PM
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How much?
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 06:55 PM
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MWuahahah!!

THATs AWESOME! good job john..
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 06:59 PM
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Dang~ those are FAT! Was wondering how fat is it compare to regular grounding wires? Yeah, and how much?
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 07:00 PM
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What's the typical gain on a grounding kit (at the wheels)?
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 07:08 PM
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What's the typical gain on a grounding kit (at the wheels)?
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 07:34 PM
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 07:36 PM
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hmm, did you have a normal grounding kit before this? would this make more of a difference than the normal grounding kits?
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 08:07 PM
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LOL omg that is overkill.. nice
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 08:45 PM
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Thats like 5 lbs of copper and insulation.
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 01:39 AM
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Thats like 5 lbs of copper and insulation.

Yeah, man. You're messing up your weight distribution!
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 02:06 AM
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Resistance is WAY too low. HKS and HyperGround have helpful charts.

Electricity travels at the outside of the wire the surface area is much too large to conduct efficiently.

MY $0.02
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Originally posted by xcmpx
Resistance is WAY too low. HKS and HyperGround have helpful charts.

Electricity travels at the outside of the wire the surface area is much too large to conduct efficiently.

MY $0.02

Wait, wouldn't a higher amount of surface area (and lower resistance) promote more efficient electron movement? Isn't that why most of the high end audio wire uses wire with extremely fine individual wire threads bundled together... to *increase* the surface area as much as possible?
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that's not true

typically you see 1-2 hp and rare cases 5hp
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How does having a 0-gauge benifit more over than having something such as an 8 guage (which I believe is HKS)?

Someone was debating earlier, does anyone know for sure? If thicker is better, I'll get this set, otherwise I was leaning towards HKS..

John, how much?


PS - The polished engine looks HOT.. Would look killer with a Crawford Polish Plenum
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Also interested in pricing.
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can't answer each e-mail today. busy at work.

but i don't believe there is any more benefit from insaneanimes 4 gage to this. just looked cool, but the phoenix gold wire is supposed to be one of the best out there.

i think he is asking $100 bucks because of the cost of the wires and terminals. all phoenix gold.

-john
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Originally posted by Ricky
How does having a 0-gauge benifit more over than having something such as an 8 guage (which I believe is HKS)?

It all depends on how much current is moving through the wires. I'm guessing there is actually very little, so 0-gauge wire pure overkill and will have no benefit over 4-gauge wire in this particular application. To take things further, I'm inclined to say 8-gauge wire would probably do the trick just fine, also. (Can't be absolutely certain without actually measuring the current.)
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