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Re: Anyone use the Speedwire remote kill switch?
[Re: Dragula]
#3240669
06/26/24 12:10 PM
06/26/24 12:10 PM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 19,552
Las Vegas
Al_Alguire
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I Live Here
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Posts: 19,552
Las Vegas
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I have in the past. I only use Speedwire stuff in my cars anymore. Not cheap but the best Ive used.
"I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know."
"It's never wrong to do the right thing"
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Re: Anyone use the Speedwire remote kill switch?
[Re: Dragula]
#3240679
06/26/24 01:09 PM
06/26/24 01:09 PM
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 55
VA Beach, VA
Runnoft
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VA Beach, VA
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I've been using their 500 amp switch since 2019 but just the switch, not the kit with the buttons and brackets. I don't think they offered it in kit form at the time so I bought my own button and made a bracket. I do know I took 50+ lbs out of the car by moving to a lightweight lithium battery mounted near the firewall instead of the full size battery in the trunk and reducing the length of 1/0 battery cables using this remote switch. No problems. The weight difference in the battery cables themselves was around 10lbs.
Cruiser: 66 Dodge Coronet 500, Indy SR 440, Gen 7 Accel EFI = 11.38 @ 116.
Racing: Brand X, X275 Procharged Smallblock on M1, Leafsprings, Holley EFI = 4.30 @ 168
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Re: Anyone use the Speedwire remote kill switch?
[Re: Runnoft]
#3240756
06/26/24 07:55 PM
06/26/24 07:55 PM
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 12,391
Fulton County, PA
CMcAllister
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Mr. Helpful
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 12,391
Fulton County, PA
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I have acquired those contacts from one of my component sources, and we set them up a little differently, but they work great. I won't use a regular master switch to carry the load anymore unless I'm forced to.
The big advantage is they can be located anywhere in the car since they are remotely operated.
If the results don't match the theory, change the theory.
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Re: Anyone use the Speedwire remote kill switch?
[Re: Runnoft]
#3240758
06/26/24 08:01 PM
06/26/24 08:01 PM
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 12,391
Fulton County, PA
CMcAllister
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Mr. Helpful
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 12,391
Fulton County, PA
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I've been using their 500 amp switch since 2019 but just the switch, not the kit with the buttons and brackets. I don't think they offered it in kit form at the time so I bought my own button and made a bracket. I do know I took 50+ lbs out of the car by moving to a lightweight lithium battery mounted near the firewall instead of the full size battery in the trunk and reducing the length of 1/0 battery cables using this remote switch. No problems. The weight difference in the battery cables themselves was around 10lbs. Take the big cable out and replace it with 2ga and save even more. You running cables real short, you could probably get by with 4 ga. Once the engine is running, that big cable is just dead weight. 2ga is all I've used for many years, big motors, high compression, doesn't matter. Just use good parts and a good starter.
If the results don't match the theory, change the theory.
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Re: Anyone use the Speedwire remote kill switch?
[Re: CMcAllister]
#3240791
06/26/24 10:58 PM
06/26/24 10:58 PM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 4,638
Motor City
6PKRTSE
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Motor City
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I have not used there kill switch, but I used many of there products to wire my car. All very nice stuff, but as mentioned very pricey.
1963 Belvedere 440 Max Wedge Tribute
1970 Charger R/T S.E. 440 Six Pack
1970 Challenger R/T, 528 Hemi
1970 Charger 500 S.E. 440 4 BBL
1970 Plymouth Road Runner 383
1974 Chrysler New Yorker 440
1996 2500 RAM 488 V-10 4X4
2004 3500 Dually Cummins 4x4
2012 Challenger R/T Classic.
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