I had been planning for a long time to switch my battery terminals over to marine terminals because of some accessories I will be adding later on and at the same time I was going to buy new 4 gauge wire to replace the aged wire on the car, anyways on the starter end you have that little push connection I assume it merges at some point to the (+) cable?

 

Another thing is the stud for the 12V to the starter it should fit a 3/8" lug right? I don't have a starter in front of me but it seems like it will.

The small wire on the Starter is from the ignition switch.

 

Yes a 3/8 lug will fit the starter.  

The small wire on the Starter is from the ignition switch.

 

Yes a 3/8 lug will fit the starter.  

Ok thanks, was not sure because of the wire wrap around the wire

the small wire on the starter is part of the overall body harness. It comes form a relay originating from the ign switch, which originates from the fuse panel, which originates from the fusible links, which originate from the battery terminal. I love marine terminals and install the brass ones any time i have to screw with the battery

Edited December 20, 201312 yr by MilesFox

the small wire is part of the overall body harness. It comes form a relay originating from the ign switch, which originates from the fuse panel, which originates from the fusible links, which originate from the battery terminal. I love marine terminals and install the brass ones any time i have to screw with the battery

Yeah the marine terminals are going to be better then the wire nest I had before, I'm going to order 20' of 4 gauge copper wielding wire.. speaking of that everyone says redoing the ground makes the car feel smoother.. Is that really true? My car never felt smoother after I lapped all the valves and checked the clearance.

Edited December 20, 201312 yr by 1-3-2-4

i have a battery cable to make too, thanks for sharing and keep it up. 

 

i'm slightly unsure what all it entails....positive, negative, ends/terminals, etc.

I've had my terminals sitting on my desk for almost two years now so I'm tired of looking at them lol

 

plus I think I will get a hydraulic crimper tomorrow so that's why I asked.

I would run a ground cable from the head or intake to the battery terminal and run a fatter ground cable to the body. Thinking about it more, i suppose you could ground from the intake to the lug on the bellhousing bolt. The intake harness grounds to one of the intake bolts. Run the ground from there