Grounding

[posaunemeister]

I bought some 4 awg wire and O rings from Home Depot today and made my own grounding kit. I grounded just about everything with bolts! haha. I ended up having around 8 or 9 contact points under the hood. I totally noticed a smooth initial startup, as opposed to the standard high rev and then settlement of the RPM needle. I also noticed better throttle response, and most noticeably, the electronic shifting of the automatic tranny and spark plug firing were dead on! I mean, I actually think it's too good... when I drive down the road while adding "slightly more than usual" gas, the combustion is very rapid and the RPM's drop faster than usual. At times it feels like the combustion is unstable, but maybe I'm just exaggerating or worrying too much. I like it, however, because it's certainly equating to more power! My next project will be a DIY UD Pulley.

[azzo540]

I grounded mine and it helped. it ain't comin off

[kinkyllama]

+1. One of the few things I really don't know why they didn't do that from the factory...hell they coulda used a smaller alternator too.

[azzo540]

that would be great for them to do but i don't see it happenin

[kinkyllama]

Originally Posted by azzo540

that would be great for them to do but i don't see it happenin

Yeah but I don't understand why. I understand with better intakes, exhaust, lighter stuff, ect but not grounds. They don't need to test that it works better and it has no negative effects.

[azzo540]

we don't own suzuki or gm, so what do we do. then again kinda do it but it is cheaper with the smaller guage for less money spent.

[ReVeNgE]

sorry for jumping the thread.. but i just wanted to know if hooking up the alternator to the positive battery terminal wont hurt the battery, overcharge or something... is it safe ? ... thnx

[posaunemeister]

Originally Posted by ReVeNgE

sorry for jumping the thread.. but i just wanted to know if hooking up the alternator to the positive battery terminal wont hurt the battery, overcharge or something... is it safe ? ... thnx

I actually did that a few weeks ago and the car began acting funky. so i took it off after two days and it started acting normal again. even with the grounding, although electric current travels in one direction, i think it would be best to have individual cables leading from the grounding points to the terminal, instead of having a series of interconnecting cables. I think this is much better for the current flow.

[azzo540]

mine acts fine with it hooked up.

[7-even]

theres no need for an extra pos line to the battery