[Land-speed] Electrical Wiring in Race Car

Skip Higginbotham saltrat at pahrump.com
Sat Apr 12 11:02:41 MDT 2008


Try:
http://www.tessco.com/yts/industry/products/itm/automotive/get_wired.html

There is a comprehensive chart there.

Skip




At 07:29 AM 4/12/2008, you wrote:
>Does anybody know of a website that has a reference chart on wire 
>sizes needed to wire a car.  Maybe a street rod site or 
>something.  I'm re-wiring my race car and need some help.  I'm not 
>too concerned with wire sizes to each device, as most of them had 
>pigtails and I figure I can just use the same size or next size 
>larger. I even have instructions left for some items. I'm concerned 
>with what size lead I need going to the master fuse panel. I need to 
>supply a monster fuel pump, three cooling fans, the ignition, 
>electric water pump, etc.  Originally, I took all of the individual 
>leads directly off of a master disconnect switch, so they were 
>supplied directly from a battery cable.  Now, I'm going to go from 
>the master switch to a fuse panel, and then to individual toggles. 
>What size wire needs to supply that fuse panel?
>   thanks
>   DickJ
>   In east Texas


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