So i decided to follow the tutorial on that other web site! - 350ztech.com and i made my own grounding kit!

i thought i would share it with you guys! i plan on installing it tonight so ill have pictures of it in the car hopefully tomorrow.

I used 4 gauge wire and 1/2 inch heat shrink! an old school vise and my trusty heat gun and here ya go!








- Jason!

 

pic of where it all went down!

 

Good job; looks nice.

 

so how much did it cost u to do everything?

 

Well, i went to a local car audio shop down the street from me.
My friend works there so i got all the parts for free...

but;

Terminal ends: 4 per pack x 3 packs needed = 4bucks each x 3 = 12 bucks
Wire: 4 Gauge, 12 feet needed or so = 2 buck per foot x 12 = 24 bucks.

so i can safely say under 40 bucks!

oh yeah heat shrink was like 2 bucks for a 3 foot piece i bought at a local computer store.

- j

 

Okay: heads up! the 350ztech.com tutorial for this says to use 4 each M6x20mm length bolts! but i found that those are too long! I had to use 3 each M6X16 mm lenght bolts from a nissan bolt kit from autozone i had. (about 5 bucks at any autoparts store)





- J

 

interesting.......might have to try it

 

notice any difference in anything?

 

well, its late so i just started the engine and it was a nice clean start, ive been noticing my weaker starts lately and im pretty sure im due for a new battery soon. I started it up and chedked around with a flash light to make sure things were all buttoned up! but i havent had the chance to drive her yet to notice anything.

read the 350ztech.com tutorial. click on tech on the right side then click on grounding link. its pretty informative.

- J

 

So now you are at $45 total.
You can get a six wire 4 gauge kit on Ebay delivered for $49, but you won't get the enjoyment of building the kit yourself.

 

ya, i am a big Do it yourselfer! it comes with my Engineering background.....

i cant stand going to a shop! even for chaning the oil...
- j

 

I'd give you odds you wasted your time and money to make your engine look worse with NO improvement in efficiency or power.

 

tell us how the ride is now.. any noticeable difference?

 

I made my own 10 wire set a few months ago and I immediately noticed the difference in little to no headlight dimming with stereo, even with a/c, hi-beams, and rear defrost on. I have no capacitor for the amp, either.

There was also a slight but very noticeable improvement in the drive-by-wire delay and 5AT shifting speed.

I used expensive 4awg cable - Stinger Expert, 1666 strand, about $2.50/ft, and heavy duty commercial terminal lugs, the kind that you have to crimp with this thing: I also used commercial grade heat shrink tubing.

The total cost was the same price as Gordgee's 10? wire kit, but it was worth it to me.

BTW, since I used black cabling and followed stock cable/hose routes, the kit is not visually intrusive whatsoever and has not ever been noticed by anybody until I pointed it out to them.

 

My headlights never dim with my cd player ,amp, ac, headlights on. Maybe you should just tighten your altenator belt if they do...

 

Yeah this is a joke as with most stuff in Japan. There was even a few CO's that stated 10hp gains....... ON what I ask. If you wanted you could put a 8gauge ground fron the batt to the body and be done, But WTF for.

I meen no disrespect but you waisted time and money you could have used for some real gain.

 

Are you running an 800w rms amp to go along with that CD player?

 

I used to think the same thing... until I went ahead and did it.

Funny thing is, the ground from the batt to the body is still stock.

 

SO what power gains did you get???
What amount of performance was measured???
What gain if any did this acomplish??

 

Perhaps he didn't gain 20hp from this mod. However, owning an audio shop has taught me that a better ground certainly wouldn't hurt anything in this car.

I haven't had the patience to do this mod yet nor am I interested in having aftermarket wire running all over my engine bay so I just made a new body ground for my battery using 0 guage wire.

Takes about 10 min and is easy to do.