What's with the ground wire to the stock muffler?
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What's with the ground wire to the stock muffler?
I put this on last night:
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=16396
The ground wire isn't long enough to reach the new cannister, so for now it's kinda rigged to the long hanger coming off of the cannister...just wondering how much trouble I should go to to get it to the new muffler. What did those of you with custom setups do?
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=16396
The ground wire isn't long enough to reach the new cannister, so for now it's kinda rigged to the long hanger coming off of the cannister...just wondering how much trouble I should go to to get it to the new muffler. What did those of you with custom setups do?
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Originally Posted by NoCones
I put this on last night:
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=16396
The ground wire isn't long enough to reach the new cannister, so for now it's kinda rigged to the long hanger coming off of the cannister...just wondering how much trouble I should go to to get it to the new muffler. What did those of you with custom setups do?
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=16396
The ground wire isn't long enough to reach the new cannister, so for now it's kinda rigged to the long hanger coming off of the cannister...just wondering how much trouble I should go to to get it to the new muffler. What did those of you with custom setups do?
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What did those of you with custom setups do?
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
It helps maintain a uniform ground across the whole chassis.
This, in turn, reduces the stress on the alternator (which, in turn, reduces the load on the motor) and suppresses odd PCM behaviour, ignition issues and radio interference.
This, in turn, reduces the stress on the alternator (which, in turn, reduces the load on the motor) and suppresses odd PCM behaviour, ignition issues and radio interference.
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
And by that logic, neither does your spleen.
Do you sell grounding kits? What's with the kool-aid drinking?
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The thing is why would there be a grounding strap back there if it wasn't needed for whatever reason? It obviously has some sort of function. What that function is I don't know for sure, but my guess would be something to do with the O2 sensors.
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Originally Posted by McCalll
Ok, if we try and follow your weak analogy, then someone must have lost an alternator or worse a whole motor by not reconnecting that ground wire. Can you in fact show me some hard data (tech) that proves this thing actually does anything? To me it sounds like you are just spouting an aftermarket grounding kit's marketing line. Amazingly enough, my car starts, runs fine, and the radio works great.
Do you sell grounding kits? What's with the kool-aid drinking?
Do you sell grounding kits? What's with the kool-aid drinking?
No one will loose a motor or an alternator. The stress isn't nearly enough for that.
But what you will have is a non-uniform ground that will rob you of performance. How much is up to you.
There are english and reading classes at a local community college near you, no doubt.
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it could potentially cause an issue with the O2 sensors if you had a bad ground somewhere else, in general though it's not much to be concerned with. The OE exhaust gaskets are all metallic, so you'd essentially have to lose your grounding between the battery and the engine to have a problem ... and this would likely cause bigger issues
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Perhaps it plays a role with corrosion?
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I put this on last night:
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=16396
The ground wire isn't long enough to reach the new cannister, so for now it's kinda rigged to the long hanger coming off of the cannister...just wondering how much trouble I should go to to get it to the new muffler. What did those of you with custom setups do?
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=16396
The ground wire isn't long enough to reach the new cannister, so for now it's kinda rigged to the long hanger coming off of the cannister...just wondering how much trouble I should go to to get it to the new muffler. What did those of you with custom setups do?
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