I purchased my eh2 with an h22a already swaped. It had missing screws and all.

I've been looking at all the threads about ground kits and decided to look at the condition of my grounds. I swear that the only visible ground is the valve cover. I know for a fact that the tranny doesn't have one and I can't find any near the throtle body.

I tried a test which I am pretty sure is a bad thing to do. I started the car and removed the valve cover ground. The car stalled. Is that normal with all the other grounds hooked up or will a grounding kit be worth the investment.

 

Only that one small ground?! There should be a beefy sized one coming off the transmission. I would get a grounding kit only if you don't feel like making one. Its not hard, and its cheaper DIY.

 

yep, make your own; your car will run better

 

What is the proper gauge?

 

You should have one bigass ground on the frontish side of the tranny, underneath right where the motor and tranny bolt together.

 

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The tranny doesn't have one. I dropped it for another reason and noticed that there isn't one.

I was wondering if I made a ground kit, what gauge to use? Should they all be the same or they be different sizes? Many people say that I should make my own but don't I need a battery termainal and a block with many ? gauge wires with connectors? I don't see that being cheaper than $30 which the ebay ground kits cost.

In my situation it wouldn't be that I am looking to gain new performance but to recover lost performance. 1 valve cap ground is kinda crazy.

 

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I was wondering if I made a ground kit, what gauge to use? Should they all be the same or they be different sizes? </TD></TR></TABLE>

I used 4 ga wire to make my grounds. Trace the neg batt terminal and see where it's grounded. Attach ground from tranny to the same place. I added 2 grounds to my valve cover. I also soldered the wires to the connectors.

 

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Someone else just told me that the tranny uses a 4 gauge wire. That is HUGE. Isn't 4 ga wire overkill for the other things though?

I have 4 gauge wire running from my battery to where a trunk amp was (**** THEIVES). I also have some either 8 or 10 gauge wire running under the passenger seat where another amp was. I figure that I already have enough wire I'll just need some connectors.

Where are places that should be wired? I've heard of the tranny, valve cover, throttle body, engine block?, and alternator. Should that be good enough?

 

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Someone else just told me that the tranny uses a 4 gauge wire. That is HUGE. Isn't 4 ga wire overkill for the other things though?

Where are places that should be wired? I've heard of the tranny, valve cover, throttle body, engine block?, and alternator. Should that be good enough?
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4 ga isn't really that big. Gage is measured by how many pieces it takes to make an inch (layed side by side w/o insulation). You should have battery/tranny to one spot and valve cover to ground.

 

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Thanks, will do.