For those who want to see how to do it on a tC, here is how I did it: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/861695/3

If you want bigger pics, email me at castro.fernando@comcast.net and I'll send you the full-sized pics.

 

ah, ok finished the install last night and took pictures this afternoon..

here's the wide view of the finished job..



there are few more pics at the link below

http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2130139868

I got all my supplies from knukonceptz.com and paid about $27 for everything shipped. I also bought a battery terminal to fancy up the install which cost $12. So if you don't want the battery terminal, cost of supplies to do this mod is under $20 (not counting the crimping tool). I even had left over wire to swap out the stock grounding wire that hooks up right behind the headlamp (I bought 8' total vs. the recommended 7').

The total time I spent on this project from first wire snip to ignition start up was about 3 hours. I was being extra extra careful though - you know what they say, measure twice, cut once. Well, I measured thrice! Most of the time was spent trying to UN-crimp the stock ground cable from that unique connection by the headlamp (that was a PITA!!) If you are gonna do that, see if you can get a new replacement from Toyota or something instead.

All told, I could do this for someone else in about an hour given they use the stock battery terminal and don't want to replace the stock ground cables.

That being said, I took her for a spin around the block and I swear I can feel a difference. Of course, that could just be the feeling of a job well done so...

Still, very happy with how it turned out. Big *Thank You* to Mikochu for the instructions and to Tbone587 for the suggestion of getting the supplies from knukonceptz.

 

my pic link didn't work.. ah well..

please see the image station link for that pic and others.

 

i just did my TC. i went from the bolt holding the coolant tank to the fender, to the bracket holding a sensor down on the front passenger side of the engine block, to the drivers' side coil pack bolt, to the negative terminal of the battery, to the forward most bolt on the suspension.

 

whoa thats some good info. Thanks for the write up

 

Update: After a full day of driving, i notice no difference at all. . . .

 

guys, i have a tc and i bought ground wires like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=7986795592 ,
I wanted to kno if its the same hookup points? the manual that came with the wires were so crappy. it doesnt even say ne thing. plus, am i supposed to disconnect the wire thats on the negative of the battery and places the new ground wires instead?
thank u!

 

Chemical some will some won't I know after a year and 12000 miles on our xA the performance has dropped off. This is not some kind of mystery horse power maker, the best it will do is smooth the electrical out and strenghten the grounding. If yours wasn't flakey in the first place nothing really will happen.

 

EExA, that sounds about right. but the way everyone was talking, i was figuring that was an issue w/ our cars. it didn't cost me a dime to try it though because i had the 8 gauge wire laying around from an amp kit. i'd have been ____ed if i spent $50 on it though. lol

 

cool

 

BUMP!!!!

 

First off let me say that has to be one of the best set of instructions I have ever seen!

Next let me post some bad instructions. If you want to crimp 4 gauge or less ring terminals I seguest not using a crimp tool at all, I recoment getting a short pair of bolt cutters (12" ones will do). Then get the longest 3/8 grade 8 sholder bolt you can find. Next take the bolt cutter and cut the bolt on the sholder as many times as you can at the same point on the cutter for every cut. This will leave a nasty dent in the cutter and render it useles as a cutter at that point. place a piece of 4 gauge or less wire in the dent and adjust so it just slightly compresses the wire. You are now the proud owner of a 4 gauge or less crimping tool.
You can do the same thing by milling or drilling the cutter, but the cutting a hard bolt is better for people that do not have access to a machine shop. This trick is used by electric car builders for making 24 inch bolt cutters into 0 to 0000 crimpers. If you ever had to crimp that stuff with the "Hammer and anvil" method you would destroy a good bolt cutter to make a crimp tool and not even think twice about it. Besides, a good heavy gauge press style crimp tool would run you $200+ VS $30 for this tool.

 

i used my man power and cut the pieces, as for stripping them, i got i got tin snips and cut around the wire jacket and pulled it off, I havent started the car yet, I just got done doing the install, just came upstairs to see if i wired it correctly, and obviously I did it wrong, would it matter anyway? i did battery to "B" and Body Right, and from "B" point to "A" then "A" to Motor, rather than Motor to Battery, o well it's easy anyway ;)

 

Just wondering if there was a reason only one coil pack was grounded and not all four?

 

how much of a difference, does this homemade kits make compared to these other grounding kits with the big disks (that can be found on ebay).

thanks for any help.

 

I think the uber wires are on par with the ebay kits...and with less wires!

 

anychance... would you have pics of your install?

i kinda like how you did yours but i cant picture it.

 

so i've pretty much read through this whole write up and everyone's follow ups. has anyone ran wire grounding all the coild packs??? just interested if it makes anymore difference...


gonna be doing this mod this weekend.

 

Anyone sell a grounding wire package.. I've had little luck finding the gauge wire but found everything else.. please help...

 

I've done a one-off kit on a tC that had the coilpacks daisy-chained with ground wires...but the owner did not see a difference. *shrug* The valve cover is made of metal...so I don't think it's an issue.

I did a couple of batches of the uber ground wires in October...sorry you missed out! I won't be making kits until the new year...