got the day off tomorrow...and want to replace my factory grounds....where can i find the "ground strap" ive seen on here multiple times?

 

Check the sponsors in the Per. section. There are many options. T1R, NRG, HKS, Buddy Club, etc.

 

im not looking for a grounding kit....thats all i found in the sponsor's section...the grounding strap from the chasis to the valve cover?

 

U mean just a piece of wire? Really you just want the most conductive piece of metal to give you the lowest resistance across.

So try to get some Electrolytic Tough Pictch Copper...

If you cant find any of that just look for some silver. C110 Silver flash is good.

 

If you go to wall-mart back to where they sell the batteries, there is 4 gauge negative battery wire that they sell in various lengths that is more than sufficient in grounding your valve cover to the chasis. Cost you like $4.00 and it already has crimped ends on it.

 

thanks everyone for the replies...but im looking for the ground "strap" it almost looks like a fruit by the foot...

 

It'll be on the front of the engine...its a bit of wire bolted to the front panel and the front right hand side of the valve cover........lol!!!!!!!!!

 

ok......i know what a factory ground is

i am looking for something like this:

 

Here you go man.

Its under $20 at Honda.

 

Does anyone besides me think the factory grounds are not worth a flip? I'm tinking of making my own w/ good stereo 4 guage cable & gold plated terminals.

 

thanks migs....

does anyone know what else i was referring to? they are like 1 inch wide and very thin....

 

This what you're looking for?

 

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Its under $20 at Honda.

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Do you see Mexico on the part # tag too?

 

yes...exactly what mugen mike posted...where can i pick that up?

 

http://www.amgndsys.com/TYPES.html
Is this what your looking for?

 

yes...finally...thank you

bbasso

 

It had to be the easiest thing to find...
Google.
"ground straps"
results.

 

I really love the infamous Type-R Cylinder-Head-To-Chassis brown cable. Its so... sweet.

 

Napa or Autozone sell those flat groundstraps...

 

Tailor Braided Ground Straps

http://store.summitracing.com/...h.asp

 

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http://store.summitracing.com/...h.asp

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Nice flip flops
Your radiator cap is on backwards too

 

What happens if you don't run the ground? I don't have it but the car runs fine?

 

from my understanding the one that connects to the valve cover is more of a backup ground, the main ground is on the pass side by the transmission thats the main ground

but im probally wrong

 

Because I'm a Foreman Electrician, I personally feel that the braided unit, is not too good with grounding. 4 - 6 gauge wire (fine stranded) and shielded will work much better. You can even take it a step further and grind the paint off the radiator support that would be just under the grouding end. You can do the same for the frame rail where the grounding wire connects to the sub frame. You can go even further and create your own grounding system, starting from the battery and working the wire all the way around the engine bay starting from the negative battery terminal to all the main grounding areas (water thermostat, valve cover to radiator support, tranny to chassis) and go back to the negative battery terminal.

Simply by looking at that braided unit makes me think that this is not giving the electrical current the path of least resistance. Your goal is to have the current smooth and controlled (shielded/stranded wire - finer strand the copper is the better) not something that is braided, spread out, and not made of copper.

Just my .02

 

No one mentioned this yet, but--

This is NOT a "valve cover" ground. It is grounding one of the bolts from the valve cover to the block. That bolt is insulated from the valve cover by a rubber grommet.

-Chris