Best ground wire kit?
11-23-06, 10:33 AM
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Best ground wire kit?
I would make my own but I would rather spend some $ and get one that fits nice and looks nice. The transition has been very mild since a new battery but it would be nice if it was gone completely.
11-23-06, 02:19 PM
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grounding kits are really a waste of money. Get some high quality 4 AWG speaker wire (check out StreetWires ultra flow power cable) some ring terminals and a 1/2" thick 6 inch long copper bar and you will save yourself about 100 bucs for the exact same resistance level.
11-23-06, 05:27 PM
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Not sure about the copper bar, but I agree with slopoke. If your looking for the bling effect, pretty much every kit looks the same to me. Otherwise buy some heavy gauge wire, a few decent connectors and do it yourself. I did mine with black insulation and it's pretty well camoflaged by the factory looms.
11-23-06, 05:31 PM
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just make ur own. or buy pre made ones.. the "kits" are too expensive and a waste of money IMHO.. i went to the junk yard and got speaker wire off of a few cars and made my own "ground kit" for just around 5$. Looks just as good as any other **** out there
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11-24-06, 03:51 AM
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Holy ****! Thanks a lot man thats really helpful, did you notice a difference when you installed it at all? And Id like to say Im sorry for not getting in touch with you when you were in boise
11-24-06, 09:04 AM
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no biggie man, i know how things can get. i haven't installed a grounding kit yet, thas pic was made by Damian, another forum member. i'm planning on getting the Sun Auto Hyper Voltage System and Hyper Ground System at some point. older cars like FD's tend to benefit from the extra grounding, and i'm sure it'll get some benefit out of it. as some of the guys above mentioned, you can make your own grounding kit for a whole lot less. it's all about what you're looking for. i probably won't be able to get to this within the next few months, though. the wife and i just bought a new house, furniture, appliances, and a bunch of other **** this week (most expensive week of my life). plus, as you can see in my sig, i need a new engine!
11-24-06, 09:33 AM
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I purchased a bunch of these type of ground straps from AUTOZONE, and have installed them at various points on my car besides the point shown in this photo.
COMPLETELY cured all hesitation and other electrical issues.
COMPLETELY cured all hesitation and other electrical issues.
11-24-06, 10:30 AM
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Same here. I did the Damian's grounding recommendation and the car idles better, no more stereo voes, and all my instrumental gauges are much better than before.
However, how important it is to have a ground between the UIM and the engine block? I got lazy and didnt remove my UIM.
However, how important it is to have a ground between the UIM and the engine block? I got lazy and didnt remove my UIM.
11-24-06, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by NoMorePoison
So I work for the electricians union and I could probably mass produce grounding kits that would probably work really well, even for about 60 bucks or so...
11-25-06, 01:22 PM
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I would probably make a kit for my car first and fine tune that one, and after that it wouldnt take me more then an hour or two to make a hundred haha. It seems to me that if they sell for so much from actual companies, a cheaper one that just doesnt have the logos is a good idea
11-25-06, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by c00lduke
I already have mine but I imagine if you made a set that fit perfectly for the FD for that price you'd get some takers. With all the little issues extra grounding clears up I'd think that it would be worth it.
Definitely a good idea....im down for one
11-25-06, 02:37 PM
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best grounding kit on the market is the SUN AUTO Hyperground Kit. I use these religiously in all my cars. www.sunautomobile.com
11-25-06, 02:38 PM
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If you guys had any idea how easy this was to do yourself, you'd laugh at the idea of spending the money on a kit.
Cut wire to length, add fitting, insulate connection. There, you just made "a kit".
The "work" (lol) is putting it on the car so to speak.
Cut wire to length, add fitting, insulate connection. There, you just made "a kit".
The "work" (lol) is putting it on the car so to speak.
11-25-06, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by SiKoPaThX
If you guys had any idea how easy this was to do yourself, you'd laugh at the idea of spending the money on a kit.
Cut wire to length, add fitting, insulate connection. There, you just made "a kit".
The "work" (lol) is putting it on the car so to speak.
Cut wire to length, add fitting, insulate connection. There, you just made "a kit".
The "work" (lol) is putting it on the car so to speak.
Agreed. Then again, I don't really care what my engine looks like as long as it runs. These ground kits with all the fancy colors and "distribution" plates (haha) are a complete waste of money IMO. I guess if you're building a showcar...
I just ran a single wire (plain copper welder cable I had laying around) to a convenient bolt threaded directly into the intermediate housing, right below the dipstick and between the plugs. Idle does seem to have improved, as well as some low-speed stuff.
11-25-06, 10:13 PM
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Why make redundant ground connections? Can't you just clean up or refurbish the stock ones?
It's just silly to have **** hanging off the UIM at several places and **** hanging off your down pipe... unltimately, they're all bolted together anyways! If you put a multimeter between two distant and unrelated parts of the engine, you're going to get perfect continuity!
It's just silly to have **** hanging off the UIM at several places and **** hanging off your down pipe... unltimately, they're all bolted together anyways! If you put a multimeter between two distant and unrelated parts of the engine, you're going to get perfect continuity!
11-26-06, 03:34 AM
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Adding extra gounding points merely smooths out the connection. Im an electrician, and in every single place its possible, you make a ground connection because it ensures that there wont be any shorts. Indeed, if you refurbed the stock connections, Im sure it would help, but having additional grounds is always going to have a positive effect to some point..
11-26-06, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by SiKoPaThX
If you guys had any idea how easy this was to do yourself, you'd laugh at the idea of spending the money on a kit.
Cut wire to length, add fitting, insulate connection. There, you just made "a kit".
The "work" (lol) is putting it on the car so to speak.
Cut wire to length, add fitting, insulate connection. There, you just made "a kit".
The "work" (lol) is putting it on the car so to speak.
Yeah it might save a few quid but so what...the kit I got over here doesn't cost that much really so doesn't bother me.
11-26-06, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by NoMorePoison
Adding extra gounding points merely smooths out the connection. Im an electrician, and in every single place its possible, you make a ground connection because it ensures that there wont be any shorts. Indeed, if you refurbed the stock connections, Im sure it would help, but having additional grounds is always going to have a positive effect to some point..
IMO, extra grounds are redundant or, at best, a band-aid fix for existing wiring problems or inconsistent grounds.
As an electrician, you know that near perfect continuity means there is little resistance. Well, then what would be the benefit of numerous ground connections, when you have one or a few good ones?
11-26-06, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by killswitch
..and buying one takes less time and affort Yeah it might save a few quid but so what...the kit I got over here doesn't cost that much really so doesn't bother me.
Yeah it might save a few quid but so what...the kit I got over here doesn't cost that much really so doesn't bother me.
11-26-06, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by NoMorePoison
So I work for the electricians union and I could probably mass produce grounding kits that would probably work really well, even for about 60 bucks or so...
Wow..........i just saw how much you were thinking about charging for making these kits! $60?!?!
Are you smoking crack? Theres no way in hell anyone is gonna pay anything over $20! 
Hell....even on ebay you can get a grounding kit for around $25 shipped. Im with SiKoPaThX on this.....make your own.
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