Warning: This will be another long winded technical post. I'll highlight the important parts.

Out here in PA, it seems the ground wire kits are very popular. I've had to install 2 of them now. IMHO, these are kind of a waist of $$, but if your car is old and shows some rust in the engine bay (and you're too lazy to clean the stock grounds), these might help eleviate some electrical problems you might be experiencing. That and they look cool anyway...

Couple things I just want to note: The instructions that come with the kit are for a nonturbo car. If you have a turbo car, i'd suggest you read on.

There is 1 10" ground wire that is supposed to go from the alternator mount to the bolt that holds the radiator braket in place. Those of you with the stock innercooler pipes will note that that bolt also holds the driverside innercooler pipe and is kind of a pain to attach the ground wire to. I'd suggest using the closest bolt for the headlight instead. Make sure to clean the rust/corrosion off the surface of the bolt. Maybe even retap the bolt & hole if the threads are rusty. Thread size is 6mm x 1.00 for 2G's and 10mm x 1.25 for 1G's (please double check as I am going by memory here).

There is another 8" ground wire that is supposed to go from the negative battery terminal to the top throttlebody bolt closest to the firewall. DO NOT INSTALL THIS GROUND WIRE ON THAT BOLT! USE THE LOWER THROTTLE BODY BOLT! If you put it there, the ground wire can get caught in the dashpot on the throttle body leaving the throttle plate open and the gas petal will stick. Meaning, your motor will just bounce off the revlimiter until it either gets uncaught, or you shut off the ignition and cost to the side of the road so you can fix it. Non-turbos don't need to worry about this because there is no dashpot to get caught on.

The rest of the install is shown in the instructions and is fairly straight forward. Leaving the stock ground wire for the starter and doubling it with the wire provided with the kit may help get rid of your "click click start" issue too.

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06 Blue EVO 9

Nice write-up, thanks for the tips. I just seen it now. I have the kit from BigTyla. I haven't installed it yet, and honestly forgot about it until I seen this thread. I suppose I should do that while the engine bay is in pieces.

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Superjfly
'92 VR4

Hey G-ELL, you don't have the instructions to mount the whole kit to a NA that you could post? I have a kit sit'n in my garage and no instructions, I know they're kinda worthless but they look kool, and of course look'n kool is what it's all about.

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92 Biege RT Stealth
92 Red TT Stealth

They're on 3si. Copy/paste is kind of a pain on my phone.

Hey thanks!

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92 Biege RT Stealth
92 Red TT Stealth