A Testamonial to the Power of Stupid Grounds.
Posted: February 26th, 2005, 11:48 pm
I really hate to act excited about small mods.... A new type of spark plug, a generic "high flow" filter in the stock air box. I hate to say, "God damn, that ebay 20+ horse power bolt on really added 20 horses. My shizzle is da bomb, dog!" I hate people who say that, I really do. ----BUT---- I have to comment about ground straps.
My boy introduced me to the idea of ground straps; adding large guage wire from the block, intake manifold, etc. to a bolt on the frame to help everything ground better. I was doubtful, but decided hey, they're only like 12-15 dollars in parts for the mod so why not? We put them on a couple months ago, and yeah, no big mod. No noticable difference. But I had been seeing where people said everywhere the wire is attatched to the car on the frame, you need to sand it so it can contact bare metal. So I tried it today. Yeah, world of difference. No, it is still about 12 sec away from being a 12 sec car, but it did help. I think I'm getting a much hotter spark (cause one strap grounded the block), which is helping a little bit with the mid-high range power, the idle stabilized, and my twin can free flowing muffler isn't popping raw fuel as much when I let off the petal in gear. The issue with the RS light dimming under braking and such has been eliminated too.
I hate to say that I am excited about such a wimpy mod, but I am. No, the car still isn't fast, but for the price and such, this is a mod I would strongly reccomend to anyone with a couple bucks in their pocket and a bit of sand paper lying around. Yeah, sorry about the length of this post as well, but I am kinda excited.
My boy introduced me to the idea of ground straps; adding large guage wire from the block, intake manifold, etc. to a bolt on the frame to help everything ground better. I was doubtful, but decided hey, they're only like 12-15 dollars in parts for the mod so why not? We put them on a couple months ago, and yeah, no big mod. No noticable difference. But I had been seeing where people said everywhere the wire is attatched to the car on the frame, you need to sand it so it can contact bare metal. So I tried it today. Yeah, world of difference. No, it is still about 12 sec away from being a 12 sec car, but it did help. I think I'm getting a much hotter spark (cause one strap grounded the block), which is helping a little bit with the mid-high range power, the idle stabilized, and my twin can free flowing muffler isn't popping raw fuel as much when I let off the petal in gear. The issue with the RS light dimming under braking and such has been eliminated too.
I hate to say that I am excited about such a wimpy mod, but I am. No, the car still isn't fast, but for the price and such, this is a mod I would strongly reccomend to anyone with a couple bucks in their pocket and a bit of sand paper lying around. Yeah, sorry about the length of this post as well, but I am kinda excited.
