Re Earthing Kits

[fozee]

Are there any re Earthing kits bouncing around the market?

A good friend re earthed his '96 VTi-R hatch himself(proffesional audio installer) and said he cant believe the improvements just from reterminating and rerunning all his earth cables with 8 and 4 gauge cables.

Anyone else back this up?

[VTEC16]

If your current (no pun intended) earth isnt up to scratch...then yes....you may notice the difference.

[tanghy]

yes if your car is old..

[joneblaze]

yes if your car is old..
How old is "old" andrew? :roll:

[tanghy]

like 5yr and up

[joneblaze]

like 5yr and up
hmm.. interesting...

[tanghy]

just look at your grounding wires, if they look shitty, upgrade them

you will notice brighter headlights and smoother idling

[soul4real]

Really ?
Interesting.

[wynode]

Is this for ICE only?.......or all electrical contacts in general?

[fozee]

ICE??

All earthing points in the bay

[fueltank]

ICE??

All earthing points in the bay

InCarEntertainment

[fozee]

haha
sorry

all points in general

[tinkerbell]

no, only for RICE

[A'PEXi]

going by andrews quote "just look at your grounding wires, if they look shitty, upgrade them you will notice brighter headlights and smoother idling"

sounds reasonable.... how much approx are they?

[soul4real]

On american sites there are HKS grounding kits for for 100 - 150 USD.
Don't know if it's worth getting big brand name ones, aren't they just 8 gauge wires ?

[tanghy]

2 ways
buy a kit
or
upgrade your stock grounding wires to super thick ones

both ways will see improvements

[fozee]

My mate just did it himself using:

Set of really good crimps
Terminations
and 4 and 8 gauge cable

too easy

[Civic Type R]

Are there any re Earthing kits bouncing around the market?

A good friend re earthed his '96 VTi-R hatch himself(proffesional audio installer) and said he cant believe the improvements just from reterminating and rerunning all his earth cables with 8 and 4 gauge cables.

Anyone else back this up?
hehe
thats exactly what i did this arvo !
i got my mate to cut me some red coated 4AWG OFC from a car stereo shop and i whacked them on.
havent tested it yet.

I only did the one off the rocker cover - near the belts to the headlight, and the other from the tranny to the wheel arch.

cost: $5 for 2x 25cm lengths with connectors :)

[Civic Type R]

On american sites there are HKS grounding kits for for 100 - 150 USD.
Don't know if it's worth getting big brand name ones, aren't they just 8 gauge wires ?
WTF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bwaaa hahahaha
what tosser would buy that when u can make them yourself for under $10

[soul4real]

Tanghy, can you shine a light on the HKS kits, why do they cost so much ?

[tanghy]

everything is gold plated

[Civic Type R]

gold plated ends cost like $1 extra.

[tanghy]

smart mouth!! :P

leaves on friday

[EuroAccord13]

How does re-earthing makes more power? Just curious...

CHEERS
Nick

[fozee]

Copper is only slightly less conductive than gold

for the price factor i think id stick with Olde mate copper

[tinkerbell]

How does re-earthing makes more power? Just curious...

CHEERS
Nick

Nick, it DOESNT make MORE power...

it just makes the earth system less un-efficent and this means slightly better performacne IF and ONLY IF your grounding system is actually un-efficent...

which i might suggest is NOT something Honda would actually do.

if they could improved performance by making hte grounds better THEY WOULD HAVE...

$150 grounding kit = RICE

DIY grounding kit = clever thinking

[soul4real]

I'll think i'll prefer DIY.
This 8 and 4 gauge is the same as audio cable ?

[tinkerbell]

yeah, use 8ga for the rocker covere and 4ga for the gearbox link.

parts can be sourced cheaply from Jaycar Electronics - www.jaycar.com.au

they have the gold connectors (Gold is better NOT because it is better conductor BUT because it resists corrosion better than copper!!)

[wynode]

So is there any noticable difference by just upgrading the above mentioned two grounding cables??

[tinkerbell]

no - there is no way in the world you will ever notice a difference by upgrading existing Honda wires.

UNLESS the wires are old and/or damaged or deteriorated.

[VTEC16]

anyone got a pic of their DIY effort?

EDIT: obviously a closeup would be best ;)

[Civic Type R]

i will takje some compared pics later this arvo.

[Redteg]

I added 4ga wiring from my battery negative to earth and 8ga from my cam cover to earth. This stopped my headlights from dimming with the stereo up too loud. Note that Honda wiring is already very very good to begin with.

Note that I left my stock earth wires in place as I don't like butchering things. Whe I can be assed I'll take out my battery and fix up the rest of the earth points.

[VTEC16]

I checked my cam cover one....its quite tatty....gonna do the DIY....

post pics when you can plz Civic type R :thumbsup:

[CTR Coupe]

i have a hot4's artical on earth wiring. from memory it did make a power increase of some stupidly small number like 1-3kw at the wheels(dont ask me how or why). i'll try and find it. but i think the real gain is for the in car entertainment people with massive ams and subs etc. and if u are going to do it DIY it theres no point paying 300 bucks for HKS cables :?

[wynode]

Checked out the cable from the battery to the chasis and it looks pretty phat.

But upgraded the cam cover one:
http://www.ozhonda.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5106&start=0&postdays=0&postorder= asc&highlight=