goto your local electronics "surplus" store

 

Why is "surplus" in quotes? Are you advocating stealing the wire?!
I got mine at a hardware store, just got some 8 ga grounding wire with high temperature insulation. Compared to speaker wire it had fewer and larger strands and therefore was a bit harder to work with but it seemed to work out fine in the end.

 

Miko started me down the road of a ground wire setup. From research I did on various Japanese pages, here is the plan I am working from. I run everything back to the battery negative terminal because I don't want to create any ground loops.

Enjoy ...

Rooster's Ground Wire Project
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13 Connection Points
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Using 8 gauge wire.

1 - Bulkhead
2 - The right strut section
3 - The left strut section
4 - Alternator
5 - Engine head (right bulkhead side)
6 - Engine head (left bulkhead side)
7 - Engine head (right intake manifold side)
8 - Engine head (left intake manifold side)
9 - Throttle Body
10 - Standard Ground near battery
11 - Transmission case (important if automatic)
12 - Oil pan connection
13 - Injector rail

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Underbody Ground Improvements
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Using Flat Braided Ground Strap

1 - Before the catalyst
2 - After the catalyst
3 - Muffler end
4 - Under Front Chassis
5 - Under Middle Chassis
6 - Under Rear Chassis

 

Just finished the job....took about an hour....need to remember to list the screws that I used for sure the next time .....notice right away a quicker throttle response and the engine is idling a little better....thanks for the instructions they could not have been any better!

 

nice writeup

 

I want you near my house for the next lighting storm.

 

Great post Mikochu!! I did mine today. The only ground point I didn't use was on the coil pack because electrically it's still part of the valve cover. I can't say for sure but the car seemed to be different after. More calm.

 

In an Eastern Philosophy kind of way are you saying the car found balance?

 

I completed the install this week and noticed a slight increase of RPM's and a more stable idle.

Thank you for the insight and the $$$$ savings.

Next Mod---> Injen Short Ram install.

 

Yes. It is at peace with the universe now.

I can't really pin anything in particular down other than it just feels smoother overall. It doesn't have any hesitation when starting out cold. It used to be jerky first thing in the morning. I'm hoping for a really cold morning just to make sure it's not all a temp thing.

 

thanks

 

Well i have read all of the posting let me tell what i did no loop all to the negative of the batery with a gold marine terminal also I remove the original ground cables and also make them . At the end a came with 6 ground cables and I am planning to take my XB to a dyno as I can remove the cables I will see what are the best grounding points for now the charge of the battery is better also stable Don't now yet about the hp cause i also put other stuff..

Some of the ground points take hp away so let's see what happens.

 

did anyone do the tc ground wire kit? what ground points did u guys use?

 

has anyone had trouble with the dealerships giving them a hard time with the ground wires?

 

I don't think you should have a problem unless you grounded something you were not supposed to and it zapped a relay or fuse...

 

Thanks for a great How-to. Got some nice blue Phoenix Gold 8 guage from my local stereo/alarm place, red ends to crimp on. Looks great!

 

does this void the warranty in any way?

 

Mikochu....do you by chance remember the lengths of each wire that you used for the tC?

 

same points used on the tC im guessing... my best friend owns a car audio shop i can get wires FREE!
ill try this next week

 

hey miko i recently bought a grounding kit off ebay. its the same principle just different design i took it too a shop that does rims and window tinting. they said that i got jipped out of my money. and that the person who sold it to me lied about what it was. the people at the shop told me that it was nuthin but a thing to run seperate amps off of ill post a pic and tell me what u think.