Product reveiw:Flex Innovations grounding kit.
12-15-2008, 06:11 AM
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Well after having is installed for almost a week, I like it!
I find that my mpg hasn't gone up or down (I have a mix of highway and city driving and very short distance driving). But I can say that my car seems to perform better @ high rpms. As I stated on my first post on this thread, my 8 has had some electrical problems in the past. Now, everything is running smoothly. Flex FTW.
I find that my mpg hasn't gone up or down (I have a mix of highway and city driving and very short distance driving). But I can say that my car seems to perform better @ high rpms. As I stated on my first post on this thread, my 8 has had some electrical problems in the past. Now, everything is running smoothly. Flex FTW.
12-28-2008, 01:45 AM
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I received and installed my Flex Innovations kit today. I got the black wires with the flame retardant diamond weave on it. The wire quality was very good and the handicraft top notch.
Installation was straight forward and clean. These wires are daisy chained together and I really can't see why you would do it any other way without getting that spaghetti monster look in your engine bay (which I wanted to avoid).
As far as driveability, I haven't noticed any difference but for $40 and a few theoretical benefits, it satisfied my curiosity. I'll continue to evaluate.
Installation was straight forward and clean. These wires are daisy chained together and I really can't see why you would do it any other way without getting that spaghetti monster look in your engine bay (which I wanted to avoid).
As far as driveability, I haven't noticed any difference but for $40 and a few theoretical benefits, it satisfied my curiosity. I'll continue to evaluate.
01-05-2009, 08:17 PM
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To be completely honest I didn't notice a thing different. Maybe that's because my idle is increased by the AP dunno. Stero sounds the same and my lights still dim when I turn the stearing wheel. It's only $40 bucks so what the hey the theory is sound and that's 1 more thing to add to the list of PREFORMANCE
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03-09-2010, 06:33 PM
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Bring this thread back to life. I just ordered a set of the Flex Innovations gorunding kit. Really no hard evidence if grounding kits do anything besides taking your money. But i had 15 dollars in my paypal account from selling stuff on hear so it only cost me 25 dollars, not to bad.
03-11-2010, 08:28 AM
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Bring this thread back to life. I just ordered a set of the Flex Innovations gorunding kit. Really no hard evidence if grounding kits do anything besides taking your money. But i had 15 dollars in my paypal account from selling stuff on hear so it only cost me 25 dollars, not to bad.
Unless you ground a live part and make a short =p
03-26-2010, 09:30 PM
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If I check with a voltmeter, how should I set up the voltmeter? I really don't know how to use this thing but I have one. Let me know and I'll go take measurements. I've had my kit on for almost a year now. Since this thread is revived, I'm curious what my meter reads.
06-11-2012, 06:19 AM
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yes it is, just got my kit: http://www.flex-innovations.com/rx8.htm
FWIW, not noticing a massive difference, but it did reduce my interior lighting flicker (LED), as well as far more accuracy on my gauges.
FWIW, not noticing a massive difference, but it did reduce my interior lighting flicker (LED), as well as far more accuracy on my gauges.
06-11-2012, 07:13 AM
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while I've never seen the dyno sheets to prove it, I've been told from a reliable source that grounding kits such as these actually do translate to better high end power. We speculated it was due to ignition improvements.
06-12-2012, 07:06 AM
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You know what, i totally forgot about this "benefit". To the point that I would be sitting in line waiting to run my autox run and would turn on the AC since it was hot while I waited ... I was confused as to why my idle didn't dip when I turned on the AC (i was expecting that my exhaust would amplify the idle dipping) ... I was confused why the idle didn't dip....can't believe I didn't make the connection.
Checked today and confirmed, no idle dipping.
Checked today and confirmed, no idle dipping.
08-07-2012, 10:45 AM
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It all sounds like smoke & mirrors to me. About 12-15 years ago Stereo Review did a article about high end hook up wires. They set up 2 identical systems with the only difference being one had top of the line wiring costing $400 and the other they used ac zip cord for the speakers and the cheap hook up wire that came with the preamp, amp etc. They then had 4 staff members who supposedly had a expert ears listen to the same music over each system. Guess what, 3 of the four picked the cheap wired system as sounding the best. Perhaps a car can benefit from super size ground wires, I don't know but I am very wary of the grounding systems especially since no one comes up with hard evidence of improvements. To me any improvements might the correction of bad grounds. Just my rambling two cents worth.
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