JenisonWRX
02-18-2002, 10:20 AM
This weekend I did the grounding mod. I swear my avg voltage readout went up about .3 - .4 volts around 14.8 peak at 15.1 and as low as 14.3 at idle. I've been watching it very closely because of my recent install of the Dynabatt and UD install.
Anyway, my negitive terminal now is a bitch to connect and looks like a spider with huge legs. My question is...does someone make a harness for connecting terminals. For example...I want to easy screw in my 4 grounding cables on one end, and only have to hook up 1 end to the battery. See what I'm getting at???
Thanks
GoodFinder
02-18-2002, 10:32 AM
... ditto the fact that such a "harness" would be nice ...
GoodFinder :)
Dougeefresh
02-18-2002, 11:04 AM
Try power distribution blocks. They are sold at car audio places.
It's something like this.
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-g3MmWDycxnd/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=11&g=715&I=21105020
But I am sure there are cheaper versions of this i fyou look around.
Doug
WRX'r
02-18-2002, 11:55 AM
One thing I am going to buy is the Positive relocation post I ad on my 95 Trans Am. It will work perfectly for the negative ground mod. Might be cheaper than most other things. IMHO
Leonardo
02-18-2002, 01:21 PM
HKS is coming out with this:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid28/p10361f61ffd5b6ef825813486e05c3fc/fdfbf290.jpg
Accurit came from Japan with something similar!
Leo
Kartoffel
02-18-2002, 01:59 PM
Heh, circle earthing. Is HKS turning British on us?
Concillian
02-18-2002, 02:00 PM
This is probably more than adequate:
http://www.partsexpress.com/images/265-800m.jpg
(1) 4 gauge in (4) 8 gauge out
Like $4.50 at Parts Express (#265-800)
They have wire too:
$0.53 per foot for 8 guage
$1.25 per foot for 4 gauge
Reasonable prices, but at the weight of wire, and what it probably costs to ship, it may be better to pick it up locally.
If you want to be more serious, there's this one:
http://images.cardomain.com/products/sti/STISDB034.jpg
at sounddomain.com -- (1) 0 ga to (3) 4 ga for $12 or so.
I bet they're gonna charge $200 for that HKS spider looking thing :lol:
Would it make sense to use a clamp on current probe to see which ground wires are most important and perhaps determine if it's better to put them in some locations vs. others? If one wire sees 75% of the current, it makes sense to concentrate more on that area than the others, yes?
any more info on that hks piece leo? will it come in red to matchthe rest of my engine bay?
jakester
02-18-2002, 10:26 PM
holy crap some people are beliving what i was taking about, about 4 mo. ago and a company is actually producing some thing to help you do it.
where are all the earthing mod bashers now?
mitch808
02-18-2002, 10:56 PM
Actually if you want something that could be possibly lower in cost, check out www.arospeed.com
They have a unit similar and smaller in size to the HKS unit.
Dave_MacKinnon
02-18-2002, 11:01 PM
Any car audio shop can hook you up with a ground distribution block, or a battery terminal with 4 or so 'connections'...