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Les has done it again. Here are the pics for the instal on my 04 coupe. Ill do my best to describe what is going where. Thanks to Les for making it and hooking it up, without him I would have had to call in for some massive All photos were taken with my camera phone...sorry for the poor quality.

Pic 1: Just an overhead engine shot giving a good idea what it should look like.

Pic 2: Just to the left of the intake [may not be visible if you still have the stock air intake system on] top wire leading down is existing factory ground. Wire leading left grounds on negative terminal on battery.

Pic 3: Bottom wire is wire leading down from pic 2 - top wire attaches to the small bolt just to the right of the exaust heat shield.

Pic 4: Shot of lines leading to battery. The wire by itself attaches to the place where the fuse box is bolted down.

Pic 5: Long wire that attaches to intake [not visible if you have a stock air box] then attaches to battery.

You should only have 3 wires attached to your negative post. I added a 4th just to be safe - from the negative terminal to just below the battery where the exposed copper wire attaches.

 
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Yes he is the man...I just finished installing the kit on my 04 coupe a few minutes ago. Les' instructions made it too damn easy to see where they hooked up, along with your pics bro!!


LES

 
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nice pics man, does it preform better?

your phone takes nice pics

i can't wait for the lg vx8100

Also that samsung phone you mentioned that will shoot all that video and ****, man that thing is like $1,000 on Ebay, that is way to much for that thing.

 
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i didnt get any instructions with my kit and right now its only half installed

i grounded to a different bolt on the alternator from whats pictured...that shouldnt be a problem, right??

 
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Holy crap...ive never realized just how UGLY that samsung phone is...

Falken: That shouldnt be a prob as far as I can tell, give me a call or PM if you want me to walk you through whats left on your kit.

 
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Ya GOSH!!! I havent heard from ya about the cable you need to fit over your airbox! Lemme know what you need and I'll knock it out!

Diff bolt shouldnt be a problem...

Warren have you noticed any difference with the auto tranny?

Peace

 
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That Samsung phone on the auction is a different one than Verizon is getting. It is likely a Korean model. The Verizon Samsung A970 will probably look similar, but not exactly like that. Hopefully they will pimp it up a bit.

 
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The car starts a bit quicker...but thats all ive really noticed. Ill pay closer attention...


That samsung BETTER be good loking...I also heard Verizon is getting a RAZR...

 
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no 40 hp gain?

 
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nah its .02hp per wire!!!

Peace

 
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Well...I did choose the chrome eye connections over the gold ones...and chrome makes things go faster....yeah, im pushin 500hp at the wheels with 1 1/4 inch exaust! Les' grounding kit changed my life! Thanks Les for pimping my ride! [theme music here]

 
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Yeah the grounding kit has a way of changing your life!!! we should get a smaller exhaust on your car... with the smaller pipe the exhaust gas velocity would be insane!!! hehe

You think I could be the man if I sold my Grounding Kits to the dealership? That would be pimp!

Peace

 
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Thats exactly what I was thinking, a custom 1/2 inch exaust system, with a glasspack. Tight. Then I could add the all important 'bleacher seat' wing on the back, the bigger the better.

 
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theres a nut missing on one of your ignition coils

 
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I know. Ive had the car almost a year and a half...I SWEAR it came from the dealership like that...just never had the time to get one.

 
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bump for some advice. would you say this is one of the greatest groundint points you can do with the wires?

correct me if im wrong but i see:
-neg to chassis
-neg to throttle body? (is that point safe?)
-neg to lower engine block
-FROM lower engine block to existing ground
-FROM existing ground to valve cover nut


in this pic: how come you didnt use the same ground point but instead went with 2 separate ways?

 
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Ok yes neg to chassis is correct and the factory ground from the upper rad hose housing to the rad support... neg to TB is safe as long as the cable isnt touching anything that could get the jacket too hot...
For the two seperate grounds its the same piece of metal but just looked better and kept the cable from having to be run over or under the rad hose... all of the points are there for a reason!
I have some preliminary reports coming back over longer term monitoring and at least 1 person is reporting back an increase of 1.2mpg!

Peace

 
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in this pic, i see 4 seperate grounding wires connected to the neg.
one to chassis
one to TB
one to radiator housing/engine block?
one to ???

 
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Ah yes, somethingcivic's car is an auto so there is ground to the tranny case as well. As close to the solenoids as possible...

Peace

 
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I have FULL faith in Les' grounding abilities. The wires have been on since the thread started [date?] and I have not seen any adverse effects due to a lack of or over abundance of wire.

 
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^hey, would any of you guys have a detailed photo of where the auto tranny case is grounded ?

if no, can you describe it so i can check it out tomorrow morning? =D

thanks

 
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Ill take a picture of it, then post it sometime in the morning.

 
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old thread, but i have 2 questions. got the pics of the auto tranny case ground point?

and by grounding the TB directly to negative battery post, does it serve a purpose? how about grounding it to chassis instead?

 
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Id get that nut, haha. You dont want that moving around, getting dirt in there, getting a crappy spark in that cylinder. Go get a nut to screw!