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Han and I installed this kit yesterday but I didnt have time to take pictures cause the sun came down, so I took some today after work. I got the silver ground wire kit and we installed it in like half an hour. Installation could have been faster but there was one screw that was a bitch to get to, cause I dont have an intake anymore, but if you have an intake it should be easier to reach. This kit is totally worth it. I noticed some differences right away when I first drove my car. First was my system, the speakers sounded louder and bass was a little better. The car was idling a bit smoother and acceleration was a bit smoother too. At night I can tell that my stock lights were a bit brighter. I just had the kit installed so I cant measure mileage yet, but I will post up if I get any improvements in mileage. There are probably way more improvements that this kit had on my car, but I havent noticed them yet. The ground wire kit I got was silver so it could be hard to see in the pics but you can see them if you look closer. Overall, I recommend this kit to anyone who wants a cheap but effective mod to their car that doesnt require much time or work with noticeable results. Han is a good vendor and easy to deal with. Give him a call if you are interested and he's posted in the GB section.

 
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Another pic

 
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Another one...

 
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Last pic

 
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Either Im blind or tired, but I cant see it.

 
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eh, i see lil bits and peices of it... maybe he shoulda installed a color that stands out more for pics

 
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Yea you have to look closely. You can see some running from the battery and some behind the intake. I didnt want blue or red wires doesnt match my theme. I wanted black but he didnt have any more and even if that would probably be harder to see. You can see it here but in person it looks very clean.

 
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The ignition system is coil based. The voltage coming to the coil is not the voltage that actually passes to the spark plug. There are two coiled wires that are parallel to each other. When current is pushed down the primary side (ECU SIDE) it causes a magnetic field in the secondary side. This actually PULLS current suddenly from the ground. Your ignition power is produced from your grounds on the engine. Why you feel improvement with better grounding system? Resistance is the reason. Every time a wire must change metals or contacts there is a loss of overall voltage. This system uses Siamese coils. This means that there is a lost spark. What does that mean? Depending on the routing, there is a spark plug that sparks when there is no fuel to combust. Why it happens? In Siamese coils, the first plug in line uses voltage from the electrode to arc to the ground, on the second plug it uses that voltage coming from ground to spark to the electrode.

By grounding the system better, you give the engine a much better path for this voltage to accumulate through. Electricity will find the path of least resistance. Using grounding straps or thicker wires is like putting a highway through a downtown highly populated area. Yes, the surface streets move people out of the city. A highway just moves them out faster and with much more volume. Spark increases in intensity and that is why you see improvements in mileage and hp. You are getting a more complete combustion.

Other electrical components operate better because they also don’t have to fight all the changes in resistance and flow. If a headlamp is trying to get power, trace the routes it takes to ground. You will notice a small improvement by just jumping it straight to the battery. I did a small experiment on my Toyota Tacoma to figure out how the wiring worked. I took my fog lights and used a Scottish connector to wire it to the ground wire of the head lamp. What this got me was a fog light that ran no matter the settings on my head lamp. It was getting voltage on both high and low.

More grounds won’t help your starting or cranking time. This is due to ground wires and positive wires coming straight to the starter from the battery. You can’t get much better than that. Audio profiles have been doing this for years since the demands for more power from the stereo is so high, they would actually melt grounds on the engine. At least that was the case of my friends before they put capacitors in line to relieve some of the line pressure drawn by their subs.

Critics who doubt the usefulness of a very well grounded electronics system should learn a little about ignition systems and current flow. On a Yamaha engine, ONE ground can stop the engine completely from running. If that engine had multiple grounds to feed from, it would never have stopped. Why manufacturers haven’t pounced on this? Manufacturing costs of the process. They would have to pay a person to mount the grounds, cut the grounds, verify the grounds, another to procure the grounds, and another engineer to decide what spots were best and what gauge. All this takes a LOT of money, so they will continue to use the least costly way.

From matrixowners.com

 
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yea... the wires are ok, but i love that spoon tower bar!!!