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let me see what u bought

 
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I got my setup installed a few days ago. I got all the stuff for $20 at my local sound shop.
I noticed that when I remote start my car now, it doesn't hesitate. Before it used to churn too long sometimes and it sounded kinda bad. Other than that I haven't noticed anything too noticeable, but then again I never have had any complains with my car. I love my car.

take a look and feel free to comment.

 
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pic 2

 
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that looks bad a$s.......
GUYS i just found a place that sells the GOLD RING TERMINALS for $.49 cents...they are on sale right now. Here you go
http://www.audiotronicsaccessories.c...2002/inac.html

(BUt theres a catch, you have to email him about it because they have an error with shipping...shipping is only $2.00 when it comes up 13 for shipping online. He asks me to send a money order but im asking him about a credit card payment.)

Here is what i bought:
11 feet 4 Gauge black/clear 2058 strand OFC wire. $15.89
8 -4 awg 5/16 stud Gold ring terminals $5.92
2 gold Battery terminals inputs for (1) 0 (1) 4 and (2) 8 gauge power wires $29.30

hehe so i spent 51.11



This is an update on those gold ring terminals i bought....WELL i have not recieved them and i was supposed to a week ago, the guy even offered to overnight ship another set BUT i have not recieved those either. I have requested a refund

 
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ahh i spent too much!

 
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hey i saw dual-4G with 1 8G gold battery terminal..i dont remember the price but it was under 15..

 
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let me kno what to do for $2.00 shipping and credit card payment..thanks

 
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well guys... i just went aheaad and bought happies kit... the install is a pain in itself, i wouldnt wanna make the stuff to, all to do what, save $5???? i mean COME ON.. help him out here... GREAT STUFF MAN!!!! for real, i recomend it to ANYONE... helped A LOT on start up and higher revs are MUCH cleaner, and no more hesitation going into 2nd... idk about headlights and stuff,,, havent driven at night, and with my HID,. idk if i would like them brighter, i already get brighted like every other day...

 
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knukonceptz.com also sells real nice wire and wire accessories

 
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it doesnt matter if his stuff is good or not and saving $5 absolutely doesnt matter either..
actually it will cost more than his stuff if i do it myself as well..what i want is the experience and the feeling of succeed when i finish it..like "OH i made it! im genius" things like this..lol
if u wanna just buy stuff and install it urself, its all good go ahead..but i just wanna do it myself completely independent..i learn lots of things by doing that..and it worth all those money, time, and effort..thats all about it..

 
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yup i bought my wire from them and other

 
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manual of a power wire that im gonna buy for this mod states that it resists temperature range -40 to 60 C..is it enough?
i think engine bay would get much hotter than that..
its hpm power wire

 
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yea man its enough...just remember its usually used for power wire for an amp and goes into the engine bay and to the battery why would they use wire where its plastic shell would melt? its heavy duty wire..

 
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Most 4 AWG power cable from the audio manufacturers has a rating of 105 degrees Celcius for the insulation. This is plenty high for the engine bay. I would recommend something along those lines, anything lower and you could risk melting the insulation depending on where you run it.....

 
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link

this one is what im talking about..
it states -40 to 60 degree C
i live in nc where goes up to about 95~105F when its hot

 
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I have never had a problem with any customer reporting that the wire has melted or burned. =) just keep it away from places that may be extremely hot.

 
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I haven't had any problems either.

 
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hey has any of u guys know or hear about "alternator + grounding"?
im not sure if thats how ppl say but im talking about connecting battery + terminal and alternator..not an alternator body itself(body is - as i kno) but theres + bolt..
i just heard about this from another car's forum..and im told that this brings the best result of any grounding..

 
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when i disconnect battery, i take off - terminal first and then +, right?
and when i reconnect it, i just do backward + first and then -, right?

 
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the grounding kit does work .. i recently installed the Arospeed Ground Wire Kit which uses a central grounding point that branches off to the major components of the engine .. this is my setup:

1. negative terminal to junction box (central ground point)
2. tranny to junction box
3. passenger's firewall to junction box
4. driver's strut tower to passenger's firewall
5. front radiator support to junction box
6. engine block to juction box

i have an apexi rsm installed in my car but i don't have the g-sensor (optional) .. i used the numbers given to me to actually see if there was an improvement .. i measured 0-60km:

without AROSPEED GROUND WIRE KIT:

1: 5.9sec
2. 5.81sec
3. 5.87sec
AVG: 5.86sec

with AROSPEED GROUND WIRE KIT:

1. 4.81sec
2. 4.83sec
3. 4.78sec
AVG: 4.81sec

there is an aproximate 1 second improvement

the voltage has also increased by .5

 
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No way! Seriously!? That much of an improvement? That's nuts. I think I'll DIY me something like that then. Central grounding point.

 
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i was shocked too .. but the biggest improvement was when i grounded the engine block instead of one of the coils .. my initial setup included one of the coils to the junction box .. but then i experimented and found that i got a better increase when i grounded the engine block

 
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dont u have some pics of them?
kinda different way from ppl did

 
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yeah i'd like to see some pics

 
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Yeah, where did you ground the engine block?

 
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i'll try to get pix up soon ... i don't have a digi cam so i'll have to borrow my cousin's

the ground for the engine block is the wire that's attatched to the front radiator support

in this pic .. it's the silver wire from the engine to the front rad support:

pic from mex .. thx

 
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why did u make ur junction box to be the cetral ground point while ppl choose negative terminal?

 
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i got the arospeed ground wire kit for free .. i work for a magazine and get some products from manufacturers

as someone stated earlier, there are 2 methods: serial and parallel .. the arospeed/hks kits are parallel and the hyper ground system/happies(diy) kits are serial ... i'm not sure which method is better but if i were to guess, i'd go with paralled since each ground point is in contact with the negative terminal and efficiently grounded rather than having it looped or in series

IMO, if you were going to diy .. i'd do something similar to sepudo:

every ground point he chose is in contact with the negative terminal

 
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oh yeh..that looks good..
as u see there, he gathered all the wires at negative terminal..
im just curious why u did at junction box?..and i guess its fusebox right?