gearbox

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Read the first post. 3 wires are needed. You really should just make your own from some good copper audio ground wire and ring terminals. There is no need for all the extra wirees the kit comes with.

wheamahm0n3yat

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oh okay.... i was kind of confuse because i looked at another forum under the diy section and it seemed like it had a whole bunch of wires and it seemed like the grounding was different from your diy.

sTz

For What I know from TokyoAutoPros tech, there is 2 more grounds point for honda civic 2001,

one to the Block and one to the ALternator that will make it even better.

My question is ... where is this ground point for Alternator ? I know where the alternator is but very hard to reach it and to find the ground point ... if anyone can help me and provide me with picture which even better I would really appreciate it

I have Manual too and kind of a little bit confused where the ground point to the tranny ... hopefully i did it right but if someone can provide picture where to go i even more appreciate it

Thanks guys

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

imo, just replace the stock grounds. I can't help on the tranny ground for manual...and the alternator is not a good idea either. Won't do anything.

sTz

Gearbox, thanks for replying and question is why won't do anything for the alternator? if you can explain me in a better way thank you

gearbox

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its already grounded just fine from the factory (otherwise it wouldn't work). The only way to see some difference is upgrade the POWER wire but that is much more difficult and dangerous to do correctly.

sTz

ummm ok, I kind of feel a little bit different though once i had the grounding to the block ... the engine seems a little bit smoother than before .... by the way gearbox, is the SHV type LH is better for regular driving and maybe once in a while racing but not too much? The shop that i bought it from told me so cause there is no point to have MR if only drive as usuall and not racing it to much .... what do u think? I already bought the LH type but I can exchange it but damn the price for MR is 70 bucks different
Thanks

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

You will not notice any difference after installing ground wires. Even with the hvs-mr I only felt a tiny bit better throttle response and a 1-2mpg difference in gas usage. I really don't think there's a difference tho between the models. Its just a bunch of small capacitors in there anyway.

sTz

hey Gearbox once again ... Thanks a lot man ... I still going to work on the grounding to alternator sometimes today ... btw is that easy to replace the header?

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

not too bad but bolts can be hard to get off. For the alternator, its somewhere on the housing bolts but do not pick the power wire or you're gonna have big problems.

sTz

Bolts huh .... damn might need 4wd to loose it a little bit .... on the housing bolts hmmmm will look into that ... hey thanks a lot man ... you help me a lot ....

I have search for header but most of them are for 01 civic EX ... can't find for the LX .. if i'm going to buy the EX type would that be fit on my LX ?

reddawnman

Gearbox:

Wish I had a server you could host em on :-)

Quick Q: there was someone on the forum about 2+ years ago that had a pretty spiffy grounding kit with red wires and a distribution block on the negative battery terminal. Do you use a distro block on your neg terminal, or are there just a bunch of wires running off (Forgive me for askin, but I see no pics :-(

TIA! I will probably be doing this DIY myself. If gearbox doesn't have a distro block, i'm gonna wire one up with the additional alternator points. Living right by the ocean is nice, but it kills your electrical system!

bp_22ca

Maybe lost the pics in the upgrade, I can't see them now...

gearbox

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pics are still in my ride page. they got lost in the move but i will relink em tonight. send me a pm later so i don't forget..

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

bump for pics reloaded

DTTheEmperor

great pics and detail instructions on the diy Gearbox. I have one question do you know where is the ground for the headlight is because I can't find it anywhere. Thanks again Gearbox.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

i'm not sure. i bought an upgraded wire harness from suvlights.com and it came with its own separate ground wire. I did see a whole bunch of wires clumped together and grounded if you take off the passenger side fender plastic above the wheel and look straight ahead. its grounded to the metal.

D5cIvIc

iTrader: (18)

oh...this is nice. i'll do this soon

Scott Civic

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but it took me over half an hour to find it. Did a search on "Big 3", but found nothing, so I had to go through all of gearbox's older posts. Just wanted to subscribe, so that I'll have an easy link to it from now on. My apologies.

And why isn't this a sticky?

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

wow i cannot believe the pics still work. just in case, here are some more reliable ones showing the points. those other ground wires are for my radio and hid ballasts.

soydeedo

thanks for the updated pics. you might want to throw these two into the original post since none of those work now? anywho, thanks again.

dxdude

pics dont work anymore

d0ughbOy81

iTrader: (4)

update plz

H82001

Pictures? I have a manual tranny and i replaced the tranny ground and ran the one from the thermostat to my neg post and my car just randomly shut off when i was driving. I put the thermostat one back to the chassis where it was and it runs normal now. Don't know if I was sposed to do that or not cuz no pics.....

So hoping for pics por favor.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

will get some updated pics tomorrow, but you only want to replace the factory grounds. do not add or remove, just replace with 4 gauge wire. i got some premade cables from batteries plus and just swapped them out. one from battery negative to the chassis under fuse box, one from chassis to trans, and one from engine to radiator support. just take out all the stock wires and remake the grounds with the new cables. use a "battery saver" from the auto store which is a 12v socket connector with a 9v battery connected to it. turn the key to acc position, and the device will save your computer memory as you swap out the ground wires. otherwise you will have a mess of resetting the computer, doing the idle learn, and spending 100+ miles relearning the readiness codes to pass smog.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

updated diy description and added pics