aftermarket terminals

[angelusnhc]

can we use aftermarket battery terminals on our car.

[angelusnhc]

well to answer my own question you can use them but its a pain in the but to install. if anyone tried to do this mod take out the battery to install the terminals.

[Porkchop]

Why did they need to be replaced?

[angelusnhc]

i wanted to upgrade to the rockford fostgate gold terminals. and to let you know they make a big difference on how the car idles and shifts now. its great.

[r0nd3L]

Not to be an ass, but new battery terminals made your car shift better and idle better? I think it's in your head dude...

[angelusnhc]

hahahaha. yah actually it did. it idles and shifts better. the only other mod i did at the same time was change the fuel filter and oil.

[BlackBug]

Well... I have to back him up some what on the batt termanels.
When it comes to the alternator and the negative side of the batt. The more efficant your batt is translates into less wasted charge. That meens that your coil pack can genorate more of a punch. as so long as you have good sparke plug wires/cables. Then to top it off that wasted spark gets grounded via your engine block .. threw the chassie of the car . and bam back into the batt. Basicly if you create a better path of flow, The whole charging/spark/timing system will be more efficent. More of a spark meens more fuel that can/is being burnt. More air/fuel/spark more power. BUT! just changing the the termanols alone is really only 1-3ohms/and fractions of 1 volt less resistance then stock, meening nothing truly gained. what your probably feeling is the smoother oil and the fact that your fuel pump is geting the proper amount of gas through. meening yea some power/idle was gained, but nothing over stock.

But i might be wrong... only the g-tech/dyno tells