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Topic #17225 17 posts Started by 98celica3
i found this on ebay. would it do anything?
adam

ebay

MISS THE CELI, BUT...
It's a fricken ground wire. I've never seen such a misleading ebay item. The ground wire is just the wire that goes from your battery to your frame/block. There is no way that it could do anything for performance or lighting. plus, it even says its a trd REPLICA.
-CheesyLobster+Oct 11, 2004 - 4:20 AM
-shid+Oct 11, 2004 - 12:23 PM
-ShadowFX+Oct 11, 2004 - 6:27 AM
i've installed the ground wire system in my car... not much HP gain, but not no gain... you do feel a difference after installing it. but like what they said.. i think it'll work better after swap....i'll post up some pics soon.

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-shin+Oct 11, 2004 - 4:08 PM
You should use braded 00 gage, that is what my dad used for his home made jumper cables, there is no delay when jumpstarting a car >smile.gif> but dont short them things out, you will blow a battery like instantly..... I ran 10 guage to my mids and highs, and 8gauge to my subs, will probly use 6 or 8 gauge for replaement grounding wires.
-dabbill+Oct 11, 2004 - 4:27 PM
I spent 2 years in a electronics class, dont think i will have a problem with making the wires, and my dad has been building speaker boxes for cars for the last 30 years, so he lets me know all the tricks he has learned over the years, basicly bigger the wire the better, but you dont gain much over 10guage for speakers, but you will notice a gain with large ground wires.
-dabbill+Oct 11, 2004 - 4:39 PM
I could see startup, but I don't see how a new ground wire could improve proformance. Once your car starts, you don't even use your battery anymore. Everything is ran off of the alternator. As far as I've been taught, the battery is only for start up, and you can actually take the battery out of the car after you start it.

Please someone tell me if you've heard otherwise.
-CheesyLobster+Oct 11, 2004 - 10:47 PM
Where would good mounting points be?

A Jaws4God Creation...
-vangSTa_celica+Oct 12, 2004 - 4:16 AM
my stock one only has two grounding points, is this right?