Mesoam Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 Comments are welcome...Here's what you will need:The new wire to be used for groundingthe connectorssilver soldersoldering ironwire brush and or dremel with wire brush attachment (to clean up contact points on engine)channel locks (to crimp the connectors)wire cutters (heavy duty especially with the 4g i used)exacto knife/ straight razor (to strip the casing back)10mm (to remove the bolts/nut)viceSo first you need to track down your supplies. I picked up 4 gauge wire from a local stereo shop, they also had the crimp on connectors I needed. I headed to radio shack for the silver solder. Next you can remove the old grounds (with the 10mm) and clean up the mountain points with the wire brush or dremel. A worthwhile note is that the ground on the left side of the block (standing in front of the car) is a real oh yeah! to get off and back on because of space issues. So, have some patience.Proceed to match and cut the appropriate length needed for the new ground wire, strip it to the necessary length for the connectors and now its time to crimp/solder. I first crimped the connector onto the wire (with the channel locks, since I didn't have a pair of crimpers that would fit this size connector). Then put the wire in a vise and proceeded to coat the exposed wire in the silver solder (see PIC). If you bought connectors without the tubing to cover the connector you can use electrical tape, liquid electrical tape, heat shrink tubing e/t/c. Repeat for the other end and BLAMO! New ground wires.Mount them back up and now you can marvel at the cool new ground wire you made all by yourself. Gains are little if none (unless your wires where shot). I did notice a little bit smoother idle (didn't get to take a test drive to really put them through the paces ). But, the aesthetic points are great, plus you have the piece of mind that your grounds are all good. Now, I only did the 2 grounds coming off of the block. There are others that you can do such as the negative battery terminal and essentially anywhere you see a wire attached to a piece of the engine bay. However the 4 gauge will not be appropriate for all of these grounding points so do a little research to find what they are attached to before you start yanking.all the stuffold wirecrimped and soldered connector (this is one of the crapier ones i did but it gets the point across)new wire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 You also need liquid electrical tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JehovArob Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 What are the specs of those connectors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeskier8585 Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 You also need liquid electrical tape.why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JehovArob Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 He mentions liquid electrical tape in the write up, anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeskier8585 Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 i know he does, but what does it do and why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesoam Posted May 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 i don't know why you "need" it either...like i said i think its just incase you don't have heat shrink tubing, connector covers e/t/c.what do you mean by specs of the connectors? they are gold plated, round and fit rather well :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JehovArob Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Like, the size for the hole. It's gotta be a certain size so the screw will fit through but won't be too big, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 All you need is 4AWG wire, 2 connectors, a pair of siccors, and a hammer. I made some more today. Cut off about 3/4 inch of the sleeve, slide the connector in, and hammer the mofo. Works better than C clamp. Solering is nice, but not needed. I can't pull the connector out after I hammer it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 All you need is 4AWG wire, 2 connectors, a pair of siccors, and a hammer. I made some more today. Cut off about 3/4 inch of the sleeve, slide the connector in, and hammer the mofo. Works better than C clamp. Solering is nice, but not needed. I can't pull the connector out after I hammer it.Wow that sounds like quality. And the liquid electrical is needed to seak the wired. Any moisture and they will degrade. They will not fall apart but any oxidation puts you back to square one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
850 Stylzz Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 I would love to do this tomorrow (I have already replaced the two factory ones, but I have about 12 feet of wire left over from my amp install, so I figured what the heck.) so could someone please elaborate on all the appropriate places to run these to/from? Gratzie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbergum Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 hammer the mofo. Works better than C clamp. Solering is nice, but not needed. I can't pull the connector out after I hammer it.Chuck... remember, the more you hammer it, the more HP gain.And if you use super shiney "gold" spade rings, thats good for another few HP as well. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JehovArob Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Is the proportion of HP gain to hammering for "minutes of hammering" or "number of hammerings"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeskier8585 Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 wait can you coat in dieelectric silicon instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gshadow325 Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Chuck... remember, the more you hammer it, the more HP gain.And if you use super shiney "gold" spade rings, thats good for another few HP as well. nickle actually is a better conduit of electricity vs gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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