Battery Cable routing on an EM

[Chuck Hurley]

Just happened to think, too little attention is paid to grounding. Make sure that you ground the battery to the frame. Run braided ground cables from each side of the bell housing to the frame. Make sure all items mounted on fiberglass (voltage regulator, starter solenoid, MSD box or similar) have ground wires running from the mounting points to a good ground. I run a heavy ground wire back to the trunk along with a hot at all times wire from the battery via the fuse box and an ignition turned on wire from the fuse box for whatever I might install in the trunk at a later date i.e. automatic antenna, CD changer, amplifier etc.) Use the ground from the front and connect it to all lights etc. and run the last light ground on the loop to chassis ground as well. Like suspenders and a belt but it is absolutely foolproof. Also make sure your gas tank is properly grounded, mounting screws are not enough, otherwise the fuel gauge will never work correctly.

Believe it or not I have a killer audio system that I can hear over the side pipes. Then again every one for 2 square miles can here it to.

I could go on about proper wiring for pages. I hope this helps.

Chuck