bluesaint

Propulsion

feel a difference?

btw, how long have you had the T1R battery? good/bad experience w/ it? do you recommend it?


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bluesaint

Smoother idle was noticeble. I can't speak much for throttle response since i have no ac, powersteering, and a JUN ultralight flywheel so if there were throttle improvements, i won't be able to tell. over all the engine feels smoother and so far these two days after it was installed the gas milage seems a little better.

T1R battery is xactly 14.8lbs it definetly is a good weight reduction method while getting to own a dry cell battery.

swaplighter

not to hate or anything but i would try to route it a little cleaner...just a thought..

bluesaint

kind of hard to route it cleaner when you are trying to avoid hot metal and still route to the battery ground.

Kamin

ok i still dont know

what the **** is an earthing system and what does it do

bryant

read the improt mags. Its someone grounds the motor better and gives you HP.

Kamin

hahahahahahaha
sorry i only read grassroots motorsports.

bluesaint

Kamin,

It won't give you any added HP. Don't buy into that crap. It simply won't. Perhaps .5 hp?

The real benefit that I can personally attest to are:

-Improved gas milage
-Smoother idling
-Car starts smoothly and quickly.
-slightly more smoother linear acceleration.
-slight more throttle response.

X0

Earthing=Grounding

it's basically just replacing/rerouting all your grounds. There are different methods; some chain all the grounds together, some redirect all your grounds to the neg. batt terminal (bad idea), some just replace the factory ground wires w/ bigger gauge wire.

It's a good cheap mod that's fairly easy to do. I like those...

X0

Bluesaint: why didn't you replace the ground on the valve cover?

Did you buy a kit, or make your own?
Looks good to me

Rex_Dragon

E-Bay has got them......
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6770


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WAFFLES

Well, the dyno charts I have seen DO show hp improvements. Not much horsepower is made, but it is improved slightly, aswell as the other benefits that you listed above.

Newman

They're good for "race cars" or cars that don't draw much current. When you have a stereo system in the car, it'll draw more current from the battery, sometimes giving you a dead battery when you go to start up the car next time (get a capacitor if do that) but that's what happenned to 2 of my friends' cars with the same battery and a "small" stereo setup.

bluesaint

Dyno charts that I saw shows .5whp to 3whp, but that doesn't really tell you its the earthing system. Doing dyno runs back to back you can get + or - 3whp with nothing else changed. Again, for the sake of not getting into a argument on the power it makes, the $ or effort you spend on this thing is for smoother engine performance over all, not power.

SpoonEK2

Route them like this.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=477625

teknoracing

I think its a good buy for only $100. You should make sure to run them in a daisy chain to get good results. Also, if you have access to a dyno, try different grounding points like by the starter. Remember guys, it snot about peak horsepower, its how much useable horsepower you have.

SpoonEK2

$100? Which earthing kit are you talking about?

I got mine for $50 USD.

bluesaint

Here is a new pic of my setup with the stock two Ground wires replaced with "Monster Cable" brand cable and Monster Cable 24K plated O ring.

RangerDan

Heres a funny question...I get the living crap shocked out of me all the time whenever I get out of a car, walking across the floor whatever.

My friends and family think its kinda weird. I actually used to have to replace my watch every year or so becuase of it.

Yeah I am a freak I reckon Does anyone know if I installed this on my car if perhaps that would help?

bluesaint

If you want to remove shock:

http://www.hotbuystation.com/category/MS/MS004.htm

RangerDan

Sold.

Thanks for that OT info.

EKFerioHawaii

hehe...I thought I was one the few with dirty engine bays. I guess I'm not alone

Nice routing BTW.