Celica Forums General Discussion Engine and Performance Grounding kit

i already read the install guide on it etc... im going to buy the wire myself and make it. i've seen kits that have 5 wires...and kits that have 6 wires. My question is, for you people who have a kit installed in your car, how many wires did you use, and what were their lengths? thnx

I got mine from Tuned Inovations(Team Celica)
There is 6 of them:

1 - 25 3/4"
1 - 20 1/2"
2 - 11 1/2"
1 - 9 1/2"
1 - 8 1/2"

That is the actual wire length without the connectors added.
Hope that helps!

do grounding kits give your engine anymore power... or what does it help with

helps with ignition, it gives it a small amount of hp, basically everything that has to do with electrical part of your car is enhanced

oh, and thanks Live42day

is it okay to use 12 gauge wiring for this?

I think most kits use 8 gauge. 12 will prolly be too small. I also don't think they add ANY hp.

it said it adds some hp in the install...

said what? to use 12 gauge? or that it adds hp

just edited it lol sorry

Use 4 gauge!!!

It won't add HP because modern ECUs figure out what's going on. It will enchance stereo performance though

it improves throttle response, makes ur radio clearer and is suposed to give a hp gain but you wont even get 1 hp from it...

you Tony, where are you getting your wire from and how much?

4 gauge is WAY over kill.

im going to check out this audio store on clairemont mesa and see what their prices are, im gunna try to find other places too and i'll tell you what $$ i found em for

you should be able to find 8 gauge for around $0.89 a foot

use 4 gauge.. cause later on ur most likely gonna put extra electrical components like a stereo.

please inform us why 4ga is gonna be needed EVER in a celica as a grounding kit I for sure can't think of a reason.

well i went to home depot, auto zone, the military base, and some audio store.
cheapest i found it for was at the audio store for .95 cents a foot

so can anyone tell me what the connecting ends are called, and how big they need to be for them to be able to fit onto the bolts of the car?

^^ring terminal..try to find some that'll fit thru the first part of ur lil pinky...cuz some of the bolt that you need to remove are quite large..regular size ring terminal don't fit, you have to cut to make it fit..most people use 4G..i dunno y some would say 8G..but i guess it would be somewhat the same..i used 4G blue, bought from ebay..

yeah, i have 4 gauge from my old car's system, so i might just use that instead, thanks celica42

nvm found install guide

I read on a car in Import Tuner that got a decent response out of a Grounding Kit installation. 3-5 HP? There are so few engines that benefit from this mod, but it does the trick for the music experience.