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post May 25, 2003 - 12:49 PM
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I was reading the latest June 2003 import tuner and came across the Hyper Ground System in their turning pages. Under pros they said it had become a favorite product for them since it can make a lot of power and is pretty affordable comparted to other aftermarket products. However the Dyno showed absolutely no HP gain. And for cons they said it was the first time they were unable to produce a lot of power with the wires.

Does anybody have previous issues of this mag where they do produce a lot of power with grounding wires? Anybody have these? Know someone who does? Heard about them?
 
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post May 26, 2003 - 8:03 PM
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QUOTE (edo17982 @ May 26, 2003 - 5:23 PM)
those wires are specifically studied to have a ground function......
the way they are made of and the materials are the best for a ground function....make your own will work, but for sure will never reach their functionality.
For sure as everybody said in a lightly modded engine it will make no much difference but in my opinion...if you want to do a thing do it well!! wink.gif  wink.gif  wink.gif

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apparently our cars come with 10 gauge grounds, so I would go with 4 guage and you might see an improvement.
heres a picture of some grounds a corolla owner made:
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again I'm not totally sure what to make of west minist's comments. are you saying its not a good idea to make your own because the wires will melt?

What I am saying is that the plastic material on the wires would melt.

There are not made to have that much heat.

That is why you would use ground straps like what Nology have.

It is a braid wire terminated at both ends.

When you make your wires, termination is a problem. There is a art on wires termination. How you crimp, solder and so on.

Have you ever wonder why current carry wires get hot at there connections/termination points?

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As I stated before, you can make your own properly, but when you start moving up the ranks, get something that was properly made and demonstrated to work more efficiently.

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- HyperDeathKill   Grounding Wires   May 25, 2003 - 12:49 PM
- - FallenHero   Ok, I've got an issue where the wires made 17 ...   May 25, 2003 - 3:27 PM
- - west_minist   Check out April 2003 Turbomagazine Issue on page 8...   May 25, 2003 - 6:22 PM
- - ghostdog   I didn't understand half of what west minist j...   May 25, 2003 - 6:59 PM
- - edo17982   I have R1 ground wire system on my car and the eng...   May 25, 2003 - 7:29 PM
- - west_minist   Sorry about that. I will edit it tomorrow and go o...   May 25, 2003 - 9:42 PM
- - boosted_K2   i understood it. awesome info... i have another qu...   May 25, 2003 - 11:22 PM
- - ghostdog   ahh, I re-read it and I get it now west minist, th...   May 25, 2003 - 11:55 PM
- - west_minist   You do not have to apply ground if you really do n...   May 26, 2003 - 6:00 AM
- - HyperDeathKill   Hmmm .1 to 2+ horse? Well that seems like a prett...   May 26, 2003 - 12:23 PM
- - west_minist   If you are at stock (just filter and exhaust), you...   May 26, 2003 - 12:27 PM
- - jayi12-15psi   it makes more sense to me to buy some 8 guage wire...   May 26, 2003 - 2:58 PM
- - jayi12-15psi   whats different about the systems they sell for ...   May 26, 2003 - 2:59 PM
- - west_minist   you do not need 8 gauge. But you see, thats the th...   May 26, 2003 - 3:09 PM
- - ghostdog   apparently our cars come with 10 gauge grounds, so...   May 26, 2003 - 4:06 PM
- - edo17982   those wires are specifically studied to have a gro...   May 26, 2003 - 6:09 PM
- - west_minist   QUOTE (edo17982 @ May 26, 2003 - 5:23 PM) those wi...   May 26, 2003 - 8:03 PM
- - ghostdog   okay thanks west minist, thats the answer I was lo...   May 26, 2003 - 8:08 PM
- - west_minist   Edward   May 26, 2003 - 10:45 PM
- - FallenHero   When they do this mod in the magazines, it normlly...   May 26, 2003 - 10:47 PM
- - west_minist   HP is derive from torque. I advice you to read th...   May 26, 2003 - 10:56 PM
- - HyperDeathKill   I'm extremely well versed in physics, but not ...   May 26, 2003 - 11:09 PM
- - west_minist   QUOTE (HyperDeathKill @ May 26, 2003 - 10:23 PM) I...   May 26, 2003 - 11:23 PM
- - FallenHero   I always thought of it like this. Torque is low e...   May 27, 2003 - 11:21 PM
- - KAMiX   The easiest way to explain torque, is that a car w...   May 28, 2003 - 12:42 AM
- - west_minist   http://www.dynoperformance.com/article_det...etail...   May 28, 2003 - 4:55 AM


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