greengoblinRS3

looks good, ima try this one

way2fast

i saw a nice improvement in sq after i did this in my car. worth the time. i also did my alt/batt wire and batt ground at the same time.

areyes5321

hi guys. I'm kinda new to scions since i just bought my xa not even four months ago and i got a little impatient to start modding it and this was the first mod i did. great mod but the only thing is that i was driving and i noticed that my fog lights will no longer turn on. i just wanted to know if anyone had this problem or if i am the only one?

HondAudio

It shouldn't have affected your fog lights at all.

Zman

I just used this walk through and did this mod.

I got the exact same wire it looks like.

It was pretty easy and I have noticed an improvement in the engine.

It is a bit smoother than before.

For the money, its a great mod.





I do have one question.
I have two more feet of wire and two wire connectors left.

If there is one more good place to run another wire, where would be the best?
I have an automatic, but I don't where it is to ground that.

jct

do the firewall to the driver side strut tower where you hooked the one up on there at...

Stealth_Fighter_tC

bump

Zman

I'll try that.


So there's a nut for the brace that connects to the transmission housing but I think its under the battery.



Anyway I added a wire from the driver's strut tower to a place on the heatshield 5 inches or so away.

Ringorocks

Ok here it is! I did it and it took about 45 min that includes stripping /crimping/and heat wrapping the wire and then installing

The wires after Crimping


The Wires after heat shrinking


Engine cover Removed


Trusty Laptop so I don't f*ck up anything


Wire 1 installed with wire 2 daisychained


Wire 2 installed with wire 3 daisychained


Wire 3 installed with wire 4 installed ready to be connected to the battery


Wires 3 and 4 connected to the negative side of the battery


Engine Cover back on and job done

STEELBREEZE

What is the advantage,disadvantage, of using the wires all leading from the ground post on the battery versus running in a series like in this tutorial?? Most of the "high performance" kits sold run all the wires from the ground terminal on the battery. is there any voltage differences and or benifits??

Ringorocks

I noticed faster takeoffs, I don't get shocked getting outta the car, and my RPM's are idled steady when I run the air conditioner.

I got all my stuff at home depot and it cost me $15 and some change

STEELBREEZE

WOW, goes to show how much inflation has got us. This post was when this thread started in '04. price has doubled

Zman

My automatic shifts so much smoother now. It's impressive for a 4 speed, Ha it accelerates like a CVT!

Also the engine response is better, My box is even more fun to drive!

Stealth_Fighter_tC

without reading every page, is the setup for the tC generally the same as the xA write up?

Ringorocks

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...asc&&start=300

Scroll down and somebody did a tC with pics. He wasn't sure if he did it right so read some posts after him to see if anyone corrected him. I wouldnt buy the kit on E-bay I made my own from home Depot for under $15 The Ebay kit i think sells for $40 or so

Stealth_Fighter_tC

Thanks!

sickscionxb05

I paid a total of $16 dollars and about an hour of my time to do this mod.....well worth it....idles so much smoother than before.....def a must for all scion owners

Zman

How much?
I paid about $20, higher than what everyone else is saying...

mikochu

YMMV with prices. I used to go to an electronic surplus store for supplies. Skycraft

STEELBREEZE

I did Ronna's XA yesterday and with gold crimp ands and red transparent 8 guage power cable it ran 19 bucks at the local stereo shop. It was a breeze to make and install. There is a slight change in RPMs and the idle according to the guage is smoother although it was pretty even before the mod. I agree the offline acceleration is a lil better. Nice and simple as well as a good looking mod so it is worth it even for the slight change. I believe I am going to ground the tranny case to see if there is a change in shifting pattern. Nice and informative "How To" article. Thanx for helping us all.