Volts & Hotwire Kits - Are ANY of these really needed?

[2dark2c]

2 questions. possibly dumb, but maybe interesting...

1. With all of these different types of "hotwire" kits available, if someone were to install "ALL" of them, doesn't this defeat the purpose then of any single kit?
I mean, each of these kits by themselves is suppose to provide "Full voltage" to whatever the kit is designed for.
Now, with "ALL" of these kits installed, how can ALL OF THEM possibly get "Full voltage" with this same full voltage going all over the place to the different items?
(maybe they actually do, and I just don't understand electricity?)

2. Curious to know who, what & why, is actually running any/all of these kits? (listed below)

Which of these is really needed, & for what purpose?
(I know, there's different kits for different purposes, but I'm interested to hear WHY any specific person is running any specific kit, or how many of the different kits are being used simultaneously in 1 car).

These answers may provide future reference for others wanting/needing ANY of these specific kits!


A). CCCI Hotwire
B). Fuel Pump Hotwire
C). High Current Fuel Injection Harness (hotwire)
D). volt booster
E). tps tec
F). field fix harness
any others?

 

[mikestertwo]

"You don't understand electricity"Any wiring going from a source to a load has resistance. The more current a device draws the more voltage drop there is in the wiring. It's called IxR drop. The idea of a hotwire system is to tie the source (battery/alternator) directly to the load being it a fuel pump or the ignition system through a relay rather than going through the long wiring harness through the dash. Hot wire systems use a shorter, heavier gage wire which has less resistance than the dash harness. This way you get less voltage drop in the wiring so there is more voltage available for the device (pump, ignition system, etc.) A, B, & C are hotwire systems. D,E,&F are bandaids.

 

[thadeal4real]

nice answer so far

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[we4Mateo]

2 questions. possibly dumb, but maybe interesting...

1. With all of these different types of "hotwire" kits available, if someone were to install "ALL" of them, doesn't this defeat the purpose then of any single kit?
I mean, each of these kits by themselves is suppose to provide "Full voltage" to whatever the kit is designed for.
Now, with "ALL" of these kits installed, how can ALL OF THEM possibly get "Full voltage" with this same full voltage going all over the place to the different items?
(maybe they actually do, and I just don't understand electricity?)

2. Curious to know who, what & why, is actually running any/all of these kits? (listed below)

Which of these is really needed, & for what purpose?
(I know, there's different kits for different purposes, but I'm interested to hear WHY any specific person is running any specific kit, or how many of the different kits are being used simultaneously in 1 car).

These answers may provide future reference for others wanting/needing ANY of these specific kits!


A). CCCI Hotwire
B). Fuel Pump Hotwire
C). High Current Fuel Injection Harness (hotwire)
D). volt booster
E). tps tec
F). field fix harness
any others?

You need any of them when you're factory 25+ year old wiring gets bad in their respective areas. And you will need them even on a low use car. Some of them are worse than others to wait until you need them to find out that you did need them. FYI, I use the CCCI (with Bailey module), Fuel Pump (of course), and I carry field fix harness in my glovebox so I can get home if needed. The others I haven't needed yet. I don't use a volt booster and will probably do injector harness when new motor gets done; if ever.

 

[earlbrown]

and in the case of the fuel pump wiring.... if you borrow my time machine, go back to '86 and get a brand new '87 GN.... the power wire is undersized.

 

[Ttype6]

These cars came from the factory with crap wiring. It was standard equipment.

 

[dsapper]

Basically all these run a larger gauge wire directly from the battery/alt and use the old wiring as a trigger wire for the relay. You can do them yourself cheaply. It fixes dim headlights, slow power windows and gives fuel pumps the correct voltage