Ground wires

mazdasport · Post by **mazdasport** » June 26th, 2003, 4:12 pm

Just wondering if someone could point me in the right direction of how to hook up a ground wire kit...and if anyone has one - how good is it? Have you noticed any differences?

torpedan · Post by **torpedan** » June 26th, 2003, 7:00 pm

hrmmmm<p>http://www.protegenetwork.org/pro/1stgen/articles/howto/groundwire/<p>that might help a bit.. really all you gotta do is follow the facotry ones

maldo · Post by **maldo** » June 26th, 2003, 7:39 pm

Mazda only installed 2 or 3 grounds under the hood. You are better off going to a stereo shop and picking up some 4 guage wire and some gold ring connectors. Good points to ground are from the alternator bracket to - terminal, MAF to - terminal, block to - terminal, and tranny to - terminal. Should help a little with the electrical surge and poor idle. Don't waste your money on one of these "kits", do it yourself and it will be much better.

torpedan · Post by **torpedan** » June 27th, 2003, 2:25 am

hehe you didnt follow the link.. that is the cheapest thing to do so far.. 16ft of 4 gauge from a shop cost me 60$.

maldo · Post by **maldo** » June 27th, 2003, 11:58 am

hmm, your right, my bad.

king74 · Post by **king74** » March 10th, 2004, 6:02 pm

hy guys!!
I'd like to know if changing the ground wires
works for what
Thanks

hondah8er13 · Post by **hondah8er13** » March 12th, 2004, 3:06 am

i put 4 new grounds: one on my tranny, one on my maf, one on my intake manifold, and one on the block. it did help the idle stay a little bit more steady. but it really didn't do that much that i can tell...i guess it couldn't really hurt though , god knows the factory grounds are terrible... 92' 1.6L sohc auto

king74 · Post by **king74** » March 12th, 2004, 3:52 pm

@hondah8er13
Did you replace the old stock ground wires,
or you put new with different attach point?

marshmallow15 · Post by **marshmallow15** » March 12th, 2004, 4:11 pm

i bought the autoexe ground wires for the fc from corksport (mostly for show and name brand) and i replaced two ground wires and just added other grounding points. the one i remember replacing was from the PS fender to the engine block. i replaced another but i forgot which it was.

king74 · Post by **king74** » March 13th, 2004, 3:49 am

@marshmallow15
Do you fell that the car goes better?

marshmallow15 · Post by **marshmallow15** » March 13th, 2004, 4:25 am

haven't had a chance to try it cause my car still isn't starting up. looks better than the homemade ones i made though.

hondah8er13 · Post by **hondah8er13** » March 13th, 2004, 6:06 am

i added 4 NEW ones and kept the originals... the wire i got was blue and it looks real clean the way i did it... but then again i'm an electrician so it was pretty easy for me lol

hondah8er13 · Post by **hondah8er13** » March 13th, 2004, 6:07 am

i forgot to mention that the whole thing cost me 7 bucks.... not sure how much the kit is but i bet that this would be alot cheaper..

king74 · Post by **king74** » March 15th, 2004, 4:40 pm

Someone can explain me how to do these
ground wires and where to attach them,
with a picture or a skematic diagram......

hondah8er13 · Post by **hondah8er13** » March 15th, 2004, 9:27 pm

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