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Old 08-20-2014, 05:56 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Try a gear reduction starter if they make them for the 6.9/7.3L and custom battery cables in 2ga, 1ga, 0ga or 00ga.

I was going to do something like this, run a 6 and 8 volt optima (for an alt delete) and regulate down to 14.4v to all the electronic bits. Then I discovered 00ga welding cable and that my suburban had a cheap 4ga battery replacement cable installed.

Now I run LiFePO4 batteries. The larger battery runs on 2ga cable to the starter and the smaller battery runs 4ga to the starter. 2ga+4ga equals something like 00ga or 000ga.
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