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Old May 17, 2003 | 10:57 PM
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Did anyone hear about grounding for our car? I heard you can get 10-20 hp to the wheel with this mod? Any info on this subject?
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Old May 18, 2003 | 12:36 AM
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People will buy anything eh? (yes 'eh' i am Canadian) How could grounding a gasoline engine help with HP gains? I read that post and it said something about the electrical fields or something.....what a load of BS its impossible. Dont belive everything you read....

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Old May 18, 2003 | 04:36 AM
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Actually it does work, but it only gains you like 1 or 2hp. Not sure if its worth the work.
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Old May 18, 2003 | 04:27 PM
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I guess it really doesnt do anything
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Old May 18, 2003 | 04:47 PM
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How does it work? How would grounding electrical currents give HP gains to a gasoline engine?
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Old May 18, 2003 | 06:26 PM
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There has been magazine test after magazine test and it only works to give you back any power lost thru grounds that have gotten a little corrosion and therefore higher resistance.

But since an awful lot of weird gremlinlike problems like funky idle can be traced to ground issues WHY NOT?

It's kinda like getting hp from new plugs. You didn't gain any extra hp, just got back what you had lost due to wear.

The hot thing on the Nissan forums is DIY ground kits. They buy the cables and connectors at Circuit City
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Old May 20, 2003 | 01:43 AM
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Should help small things like headlights, idle, and 1-2 hp here and there.
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Old May 20, 2003 | 04:42 AM
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It won't help with our headlights since we have a ballast system. It also won't help with idle or any gains of hp unless your stock grounding system is already going to crap. See my comments here on the magazine article...

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=92377
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