Who's installed a ground kit in thier ea81/ea82?

[lastchance]

Has anyone installed one here on the board?

I've searched around couldn't find any threads.

 

Anyways, for those of you who may not know...

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HKS-GROUND-GROUNDING-WIRE-WIRES-KIT-UNIVERSAL-P_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33574QQitemZ7991700220QQrdZ1

 

It would be something along those lines, just not purple, from Ebay, or an HKS rip-off.

 

I don't really want this to spawn a negetive thread about whether or not you get HP gains or if it makes your car run like crap...Just wondering if anyone has installed one in an older gen Subaru.

 

Thanks guys,

 

Daniel

[Qman]

Does an ER27 count? I put one on my XT6. Results are inconclusive. But better grounding on a vehicle known for bad grounds can't be all bad.

[TROGDOR!]

I had weak grounds on my Loyale, and wired in the homemade equivalent of something like that. But this was just to correct a known electrical problem, and it ended up fixing several electrical glitches.

 

As for improving power and gas mileage? Pure hogwash.

[DrKrazy]

Well when I did the engine in my RX I cleaned up all the ground points and still found them to be not enough (in my brain overkill is good when running lots of electronics like me). So I didn't use one of those kits, but I did build my own out of 6ga high temp/oil & gas resistant wire. My lights don't flicker anymore, and my voltage gauge stays right where it should at all points in time. I also installed a capacitor for my stereo at the same time so can't tell you what did what. Think most people will agree more ground points on the older subes is not a bad idea. HP gains...I didn't notice any and didn't expect to. I will give those kits credit for looking better than mine, but I'm Mr. Cheapo...

(the thick green wires going everywhere is them + a power line or two out of the same wire) I ran two new ones to the engine, one to the tranny, 2 to the body, battery, plus the ground block bolted to the inner fenderwell.

 

[samo]

Made a homemade version, of sorts. There's an 1/0GA going from the battery to the chassis, then lots of 10GAs going from various points to the chassis (tranny, each head, the alt housing, a few other points). It's not quite the same as a typical grounding kit, but it's the same idea. Results? Inconclusive, but it can't hurt (and the wire was free!).

[subaru_styles]

yeah i did it to my red coupe when i had it..it actually made it idle and rev slightly better afterward

[calebz]

But better grounding on a vehicle known for bad grounds can't be all bad.

 

Gotta agree with that. I will be adding some sort of grounding kit to the wagon soon. Every timeI tear it apart, the ground problems get worse. Especially noticable in a car with a digidash.

[richierich]

Had one customer tell us that he talked with a tech at the Subaru Factory and they said that faulty grounding was part of the reason why headgaskets failed in the 2.5 DOHC. Something about the electrical pulse and negative effects on material the headgaskets were made of. We just kind of nodded, and said we would not disturb any of his extra grounds.

 

Anyways, you got to figure that the original grounds are getting older and not working as well as the use to. At lot of electricial problems, (no start, alternator failure, etc) can be traced back to bad grounds. So my opinion is go for it. I need to reground my BRAT motor, as I see corrsion on both of the current grounds.