Has anybody heard of freeing up horse power by grounding everything to one point(Central grounding point) and using thicker wires every where? Sounds like a load of BS to me.
-Dan

 

run a search for "grounding kits" or "earthing" "earth kits"

it really depends on how well your current grounds are holding up, and if you have added stress to the alternator and battery from having a power hungry sound system.

 

ooooh I see said the blind man pissing into the wind, its all coming back to me now... its supposed to help if you have 4 15" woofers and 2 2000watt amplifiers thumping... I get ya.

 

well if you have that much amperage drawing from the electrical system...i sure hope that those ground wires are upgraded. those being..battery to chassis, block to chassis, and alternator to chassis.

 

Its not what I have it was just a sarcastic example. But I think I smell the shyt your shoveling. The moment you mentioned sound equipment it made sense as to why a central grounding "post" would free up horse power. So an aucusticaly stock GSR it wouldnt notice a worthwhile difference?
jakt

 

:chuckles: with the "But I think I smell the shyt your shoveling. " and "ooooh I see said the blind man pissing into the wind"

an "acoustically" stock integra with a proper grounding system wont benefit a worthwhile difference from swapping ground wires and choosing a central grounding points.

as long as your grounding points are solid, youre fine. but i think if you have an hour...you can find the major grounding points on the chassis, and clean and sand the paint off of them until its grounded on bare metal.

 

Well damn, I think you answered all my question....grand. Thank you for the help. :rockon:
jakt

 

Grounding kits only help if you are running, a major sound system, a super-modded engine, or your stock ground are shit...

I just went though, unbolted all the grounds sanded both contacts, and rebolted them down, works for me, and saved 100 bucks...

 

B00gers and pirate252, Thanks!

Kevin

1996 GSR
297,000 miles
33 mpg with horribly old iridium spark plugs

 

i had a real Sun Auto grounding kit lying around leftover from my Evo. I installed it in my current integra. guess what? i cant really see any immediate differences. However, i havent been on a dyno with this car, nor did i make specific back to back before and after tests with the kit, so my experience may be different than someone eles's integra that has poor/broken/worn grounds. A stock B18B cant be pushing that much WHP (110-115whp realistically) anyway, so any improvement will probably be unnoticable. Am I un-installing the kit? no. i'm sure the factory ground wires have seen their 171k worth of miles, so I'll give em a break.

In a modded evo where its easily triple the power of a B18B (mine was), its been well documented the improvements a grounding kit can make since the factory mitsu stuff is pretty meager. Upon installation, idle and throttle response were immediately noticable.