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Old May 21, 2003 | 09:00 PM
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Love this car!!

I'd just like to say...i'm the man.. in the last 2 weeks i've been able to.Replace rear bearings, rear caliper cradles, install a tokico and eibach suspension, cross drilled and slotted rotors, a steel braided clutch line, toe eliminator bushings and a ground wire kit... all in 2 or 3 weeks!
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Old May 21, 2003 | 10:50 PM
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in the last 2 weeks i've been able to.Replace rear bearings, rear caliper cradles, install a tokico and eibach suspension, cross drilled and slotted rotors, a steel braided clutch line, toe eliminator bushings and a ground wire kit... all in 2 or 3 weeks!
bahh, I could do that in 2 days j/k

glad you like your car.
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Old May 21, 2003 | 11:36 PM
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how hard is it to install the DTSS (toe thing) eliminators?
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Old May 22, 2003 | 04:19 PM
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the eliminator bushings are easy..take the **** off give it to a dude with a press and voila!
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Old May 22, 2003 | 04:30 PM
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what kind of results did you see from the grounding kit?
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Old May 22, 2003 | 04:35 PM
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I love the grounding kit. after reading about it in turbo and SCC they said it gave a 3rd gen an 18 hp increase. it definitely boosted my HP by 3 or 4 and it makes every other system work better. my throttle response is better, my gas mileage and not to mention that my subwoofers pund now!
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Old May 23, 2003 | 12:11 AM
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Where did you get the ground kit? And what places does it ground? I'm redoing some grounds on mine but if a grounding kit is better I'll go with that and use this for temporary? (using 8 gauge stinger wire I think, maybe 6)
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Old May 23, 2003 | 12:16 AM
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you can buy a whole bunch of wire (should be 8 gauge or less) from home depot, along with connectors for really cheap. to redo your grounds it'd cost about $20-30 depending on how much wire and the connectors you buy. check this thread out:
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=179899

btw, your red 7 looks great.
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Old May 23, 2003 | 01:13 AM
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Where did you get the ground kit? And what places does it ground? I'm redoing some grounds on mine but if a grounding kit is better I'll go with that and use this for temporary? (using 8 gauge stinger wire I think, maybe 6)
dont waste your money on that bs kit, just buy a copper battery clamp and some good 4 aug stereo grounding wire, ground it to the engine, frame, and anywhere else you think apropriate.

thats all a grounding kit it is.
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Old May 23, 2003 | 04:36 PM
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thanks for the compliment 3isacharm. To everyone whos saying to just get some wire, I agree. I happened to get this kit for 50 bucks! the wire alone could cost that much. the kit came with about 10 ft of wire and some cool anodized distribution blocks as well as a new terminal. It was a no brainer...get the kit.
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Old May 24, 2003 | 12:21 AM
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Originally posted by Therx7ist
thanks for the compliment 3isacharm. To everyone whos saying to just get some wire, I agree. I happened to get this kit for 50 bucks! the wire alone could cost that much. the kit came with about 10 ft of wire and some cool anodized distribution blocks as well as a new terminal. It was a no brainer...get the kit.
10ft of 4awg is about $10,
new battery clamps and copper at that "which im sure the ones in the kit are cheap metal with bling bling cold plating" $1.50
Ditribution block $5.00

total $16.50

compairison, the kits I have seen floating around on ebay feature "blingy gold battery clamp see statement above", some wack 8awg maybe even 16awg with some fat surround, and a $5.00 distro block.

Its just not worth it, they make those kits for the same people that buy the car audio amp install kit for double what the products inside really cost.

p.s. I am mecp certed and Mike P in the 1st gen section has his masters and I am sure he will back me up.

just tryin to help save some $ and get better stuff.
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Old May 24, 2003 | 02:21 AM
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The last distribution block I bought that was worth a **** was $20.
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Old May 24, 2003 | 09:53 AM
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i agree theres a cheaper way to do it that nets you the same results. However in my case my time is more important than my money. the ability to just get all the stuff in one place ready to go makes it worth it for me. Ive seen these kits on ebay for 35.00, its worth it to spend 20.00 more and save time
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Old May 24, 2003 | 10:06 AM
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Originally posted by Therx7ist
i agree theres a cheaper way to do it that nets you the same results. However in my case my time is more important than my money. the ability to just get all the stuff in one place ready to go makes it worth it for me. Ive seen these kits on ebay for 35.00, its worth it to spend 20.00 more and save time
well $35 is not that bad, I was browsing the other day and seen some up for $50+ , thought it was a little steep.
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