[Jerry Clayton]

Yep powdercoating ( even clear) is a great insulator---

There are three primary functions on the cobra electrical system ----starting, ignition and cooling---all of these need a strong ground lead run directly to the battery negative.On the charging side---the alternator needs a good ground AND strong positive feed back to the battery AND to the electrical distribution.

On cars that we have serviced with electrical shortcomings---we have also ran a large positive from the alternator directly to the relays for the fans and doubled the lead to the battery.

MSD ignitions need to be connected directly to the battery, positive AND negative
Many of the cars we have had in our shop are carrying many AMPS in the covering of braided AN lines and we feel it is mostly because of inadequate grounding issues