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Old 10-16-2005 | 05:08 PM
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Grounding Wires Question

im thinking about getting ground wires from Sun Auto and replacing my stock ones. but my question is what stock wires do i have to replace.
Old 10-16-2005 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 972xghost
im thinking about getting ground wires from Sun Auto and replacing my stock ones. but my question is what stock wires do i have to replace.
u have to replace wires?

i thought the kits usually come w/instructions
Old 10-16-2005 | 07:56 PM
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u have to replace wires?

i thought the kits usually come w/instructions
you dont replace any i didnt think? and really not a big difference either
Old 10-16-2005 | 08:13 PM
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ive seen dyno results for them in magazines and the difference in some applications are bigger than you think. plus it improves gas mileage which is what im all about.
Old 10-16-2005 | 09:10 PM
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but they look stupid. unless you can get some black ones and route them in an inconspicuous place.
Old 10-17-2005 | 08:09 AM
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on our cars, they dont do shit. but they look nice if you do it right !!!!!!11
Old 10-17-2005 | 09:38 AM
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on our cars, they dont do shit. but they look nice if you do it right !!!!!!11
You won't get much HP gain, maybe a little gas mileage gain. But you would need to replace all grounds in the engine bay, I believe there are 6 or 7 at least.
Old 10-17-2005 | 10:47 AM
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it gives you a little hp gain, gas mileage bust most of all its improves your idle a shit load (prolly not really detected unless you have a vafc2)
Old 10-17-2005 | 11:40 AM
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I got them in my car. Just throw them in there. Connect them from the alternator to the firewall over by the fuse box (well that's how it is on our 3.0), and then connect it to your battery terminal to the firewall and another to the head or block. Just ground them and you'll be fine. But I didn't notice anything though.
Old 10-17-2005 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by shineynitelite
it gives you a little hp gain, gas mileage bust most of all its improves your idle a shit load (prolly not really detected unless you have a vafc2)
thats good enough for me. there not even that much money and i need to improve my idle anyway.

another minor mod i was told to look into was a breather filter by my valve cover. i was "told" that that hose that leads from my valve cover into my intake sends oil residue into my intake, idk if that makes sense or not but im told that the breather filter will help my engine run better. i just thought those things were for show, i didnt no they had a person.
Old 10-18-2005 | 10:49 PM
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that breather will just make a mess all over the place.. you can get an oil catch can that will filter out hte oil vapors and send clean air back into the intake., but you have to drain it everytime you change your oil or you will suck in straight oil.
Old 10-19-2005 | 03:26 PM
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the breather is cheap i might just go with that, do i have plug up that hole in my intake.
Old 10-19-2005 | 08:20 PM
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why does the oil residue go in the intake anyways. and will a breather filter even work, it seems that most breather filters are made for DOHC VTEC valve covers.
Old 10-19-2005 | 10:36 PM
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if your going to do it get two breathers. one for the intake pipe and one for the valve cover. remember it will make a mess. so keep an eye on it. it sucks oil vapors back in to releave the blow by pressure in the cylinder head. it cant just dump oil on the ground so it sucks it back up into the intake to burn off the oil vapors.
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