Ground cable, ghetto-bling-tightass make-your-own style

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Originally Posted by roar

soldering between the wire and the terminal is essential...not only for physical strength...but because it greatly reduces oxidation...what is oxidation...

if you haven't soldered...you may see a greenish residue on your cables...this residue if dripped onto the many rubber pipes that are in your engine bay can eat through them in no time...

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The green residue is typically formed from the reaction due to heat between copper & the plasticisers,flame retardents,etc found in the insulation of mainly older styles of PVC insulation,not the oxidisation due to lack of solder.You will see it mostly in under rated cables used in elec installations using the first generation of PVC cables.Tell me how much green goo youve ever seen dripping out of the ground strap between the rocker & the radiator support?How corrossive is it? I'm not sure,but i've had it all over my hands for hours before,& its been described to me as non toxic on many occassions.

As for the strength,when copper is heated to solder it becomes brittle near the edge of the solder joint & more likely to snap due to constant vibration or mech movement,i've fixed alot of these examples in my time.

Back with an update! Been trying out warm starts, where the Euro really struggles (there was a thread complaining about this), I find that with the GGC (ghetto grounding cable), the car starts without any problem now. Cold starts are still the same, needing about 1 second of cranking. But warm starts are pretty much less than 1/2 a second. So impressed!

Thank God for GGC! I might do this myself when I get my suspension fixed up!! woot woot. GGC FTW!

Once I finish my uni work, I'm going to ground the sensors, ECU, VTEC system and ignition system.

1+ rep now do it to my car

I have measured cables using a clamp meter. Current does flow through them.

where are the locations for the factory grounds on EG / B16 ?? got the valve-cover one and the negative battery terminal..

nice write up, whats the best cable to use, standard battery cable or the oxygen free amp power cable?

I used oxygen free copper (OFC) 4 gauge cable. Not too expensive. Only 5.95 for 1 meter if purchased in small amounts. If you get 4 meters at a go (which you should if you want to fully ground each point), then it's cheaper.

BTW, I just grounded the ignition/sensor/ECU point directly to the -ve terminal. Seemed to pull harder but I'm sure it's my imagination. :D

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Originally Posted by VT3C

where are the locations for the factory grounds on EG / B16 ?? got the valve-cover one and the negative battery terminal..

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WHERE ARE THEY ??????????

I know that the JDM Del-Sol has 7 earths, and the EG6 has 5 engine earths.. is different between models etc.. but WHERE are they all located ?

found the one on the gearbox/subframe..

dont forget the drivers side gearbox ground wire , and thermostat too.

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Originally Posted by bennjamin

dont forget the drivers side gearbox ground wire , and thermostat too.

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Got that Gearbox one.. but where's the thermostat ? under the IM I assume ?
isnt there one off the alternator also ?