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What guage is the wire from the alternator to the battery?

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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 02:04 PM
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What guage is the wire from the alternator to the battery?

Question in title. When I bought my car it had been redone with what I'm assuming is smaller than factory wire, and I replaced it with a slightly larger one and the car starts up a lot easier. So what size is the factory one?
Old Nov 28, 2007 | 02:13 PM
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I think 8ga....
Old Nov 28, 2007 | 02:16 PM
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Stock one is pretty small.
Old Nov 28, 2007 | 03:00 PM
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I think 8ga....
It is.
Old Nov 28, 2007 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by shoebox
It is.
Thought so, do I get a cookie............
Old Nov 28, 2007 | 04:58 PM
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