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Well I put in my new ground cable. It's bigger than the old but I can't take a picture because the digicam is out and about somewhere.

Coincidentally my car now has a crazy bad idle - drops to 800rpm from 1000rpm, when my fan goes on, when I use my power window my lights dim. I think it's unrelated (I suspect my head gasket gone).

Ahh always something :\

re Alternators:

from memory:

if the volts in battery drops then the alternator ups the volts to get battery upto right level i.e. should be charging between 13- 14.4V, if current isnt amps aren't right then it drops the volts and puts more amps into the battery. i.e. you can have a battery showing 12v but it has no guts as it can't put out the amps.

This probably explains why the alternator is putting out 14~v when car is cold, because the battery has just been drained from starting the car, and because cold temps load the battery more.

  • 4 weeks later...

Erm. Why do you need a group buy? Go down to Jaycar and buy 8G or 4G power cable and away you go?!

Either that, or buy an HKS/NISMO/RICER ground kit and waste your money and prove you're just a consumer whore?

:P

Edited by MarkE
Does anyone know exactly where the earths are on an R32 GTR? I know there's battery / chassis and engine / chassis but I think there are other major ones also.

The other 2 main ones I can think of are from the chasis to front and rear subframes. But the main one like you said is battery, chassis, block/engine mount

Erm. Why do you need a group buy?  Go down to Jaycar and buy 8G or 4G power cable and away you go?!

Either that, or buy an HKS/NISMO/RICER ground kit and waste your money and prove you're just a consumer whore?

;)

Even Jaycar's cable is a bit exy, when i was living in Melb i went to a cabling specialist (in Moorabin), paid about half what Jaycar wanted for 4G stuff.
Even Jaycar's cable is a bit exy, when i was living in Melb i went to a cabling specialist (in Moorabin), paid about half what Jaycar wanted for 4G stuff.

Cigweld has amazing quality welders lead for cheaper then Jaycar also. Its very soft and flexable, heaps of sizes. Dont go in asking for X guage, say what you want in mm^2, we arent american.

Yeah Jaycar cable is very expensive. Their margins are very high. If you complain and tell them that, and ask them to do a better price, I've found they will. Hornsby and St Leonards stores have always treated me well.

  • 4 weeks later...

Hey all, now that these earthing kits are now $50 delivered, (including 5 cables) do they represent good value?

My idle seems to drop a fair bit when i turn the lights on and when winding windows up and down, if i can get all the bits and pieces i need for $50 at my door, ill do something about it.

Otherwise i'll just live with it! (as im really slack eg. had my Jaycar IEBC and DFA kits completed for 4 months and still havent put them in my car. Probably could have paid for them over with the fuel i would have saved.)

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