anyone tried one of the ground wire kits?

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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 03:16 PM
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seen those ground wire kits. that make a central ground, is it worth the trouble. would i be better off just replacing the ground wires i have with better 4 gauge?
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 03:33 PM
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i got a kit,its a rip-off tho you can create your own kit for like 20 bucks..
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 03:34 PM
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Making your own isnt the same though. I heard that Hyper Ground have really good kits!
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 03:35 PM
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ya i got the hyper ground,its good stuff,just expensive and you can get your own good quality wire and create the same thing,i have done that for friends and it works the same
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 03:54 PM
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LOL How is it not the same? Wire + Metal Brackets + Screws. It may not look as cool but if you've got the ingenuity (sp?) and the **** lying around I would call you stupid if you didn't make your own.
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 03:58 PM
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is there anything to making the ground centralized. sounds stupid to me. a good ground is a good ground right?
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 04:08 PM
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Not really but sorta kinda. A lot of ground kits run everything to one centered metal pillar that would attach to a part of the chassis that has been totally sanded to create a bare metal surface (less resistance). I assume if you use good wire (I'm using 8gauge) and run to seperate ground pounts (making sure all of them are free of paint and sanded to bare metal) it would do the same thing.
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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All grounds are grounded centrally... to the chassis.
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 06:25 PM
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I got the spoon sports earth ground kit

and well it was only 4 grounds to new location and replaces two old ones with cool new spoon wrapped wires

Wow!!!

my *** it was a rip off but I guess for show it is coo

but for performance it sucks

it is like adding msd doesn't really gain hp this response to throttle u know
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 06:31 PM
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Default Re: anyone tried one of the ground wire kits? (splinter51)

I made my own out of 4 guage ground kits from work already had ends on them. Was free.... SO the Price to perfomance didn't put me in the whole.
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 06:38 PM
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Default Re: anyone tried one of the ground wire kits? (splinter51)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by splinter51 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is it worth the trouble. would i be better off just replacing the ground wires i have with better 4 gauge?</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 06:54 PM
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In my opinion only if you can do it for free......................
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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Default Re: anyone tried one of the ground wire kits? (krazie1)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by krazie1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I got the spoon sports earth ground kit

and well it was only 4 grounds to new location and replaces two old ones with cool new spoon wrapped wires

Wow!!!

my *** it was a rip off but I guess for show it is coo

but for performance it sucks

it is like adding msd doesn't really gain hp this response to throttle u know</TD></TR></TABLE>

Re-doing your grounds does do very little for performance. It is more of a reliability mod.

On cars as old as EF's or other cars were the wiring gets corroded redoing ground wires is a good idea. Redoing your grounds will prevent possible problems with the electrical systems. If your car has bad grounds or frayed wiring, the likelyhood of blowing fuses increases.

EDIT: IN most cases improving the grounds on your car may help get rid of some problems with hesitation.
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