Engine Grounding*****superslide*****

[fleury123]

I am hopimg to get superslide to post up some pictures of where he mounted his grounding wires . I am interested in following his lead on this.

[superslidestyle]

Here is one pic.  I'm working on getting more.  Patience young padowan...

This picture shows the cable to the top of the throttle body and another on the left top side of the plenum where some wires escape the wiring harness to ground.  It's on one of those ground wires where you want to attach the larger ground wire to the frame.  I later moved it a bit farther back and added another towards the front.



In this picture below, there is a grounding point on the top of the throttle body and another one below the underside of throttle body cable barcket.  There is a third one from the AC pump bracket to the driverside frame.

[superslidestyle]

[xperienced]

What's the advantage of improving the grounding?  I just grounded some offroad lights directly from the battery.

[fleury123]

better conductivity for starters, which means no electircal spikes to the computer. In theory better efficiency and more power but I dont think much. I also read some stuff about creating better injector spray patterns, but I am not sure.

[superslidestyle]

I't's mainly to lower the electrical resistance on the motor which allows the spark plugs to fire off a faster rate when revving up high and you only pick up about 1 hp, but about 4-5 lbs. of torque.  It also allows other electrical components to work more efficiently.  Things like lights you can ground to the battery or to the frame as long as its a good clean, metal to metal contact.