After many people asked me where do u ground everything... i decided to do this little guide. Sorry for the dirtyness of my engine bay, but this is the best i can do at 12:30am

1) Get a nice strong work light (Like my 3 million candle power coleman here )



Here is an overview of where the standard ground points are:


Point 0 (Battery Ground):


Point 1 (Chassis 1 Ground):


Overview of engine from side:


Point 2 (Engine Block Ground):


Point 3 (Throttle Body Ground):


Point 4 (Belt-side Engine Block Ground):


Point 5 (Strut tower Chassis Ground):



Most of the ground points i chose already had a bolt or a nut there, I just removed it, slipped in 1 end of each wire (run the wires in a chain pattern) and put them back. You will need a nut for point 5's location, i used a nut i had laying around in the garage. Most of these ground points are pretty well conductive (no paint blocking it) with exception to point 1 and point 5. Use a 300 or so grit to take the paint off before you ground at those locations. If you have any questions, please feel free to PM or IM me.

 

Tranny ground??? Thats what I did on mine with exception to your point 5 and when I grounded the throttle body I did the actual throttle body point 5 I think I went to a different bolt, and I also got the tranny.

 

I installed the ground kit on my automatic with the stock airbox installed... so it was literally impossible to reach down to the fatass tranny. But if you wanna ground to the tranny, i suggest you go from point 2 to the tranny then to point 3

I also have a 4 gauge wire running from the alternator to the battery's positive terminal, to help improve recharging. (Not pictured)

 

do you really need that extra gauge from the alternator to the pos terminal... i mean.. if anything that should be one thing that mitsu did get right!

 

You dont NEED it, but when u got a system pulling over 2000 watts then yeah...

 

well, good job kar33m, i know what you mean when talking about the tranny bolt, i have auto too and its a ***** to reach, so id rather not mess with it.

 

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anyone here interested in a carbon fiber battery box that would cover most of the area in his section one. i can make stuff and i think i will make me one. just thought of it. puttin it out there for thoughts before i go waste my time and money to make somthing that looks stupid. i think its cool so ha. lol.

 

you should make your own thread about that... dont hijack others!! sounds like a cool idea though as long as it is a full box.. like top and all... just something around the sides will look gay!

 

Hey now, easy on the guy will ya?

Hardcoretuner, sounds like u have a great idea. Make a prototype and take pictures of it to show others what ur making. Then you can decide on whether to make em and sell em or not to.

 

I wasn't trying to be mean there... just didn't want to see the thread change hands when the title wouldnt make sense if it turned into a cf battery box thread etc

 

i will make a new thread but i wasn't gonna sell them i was gonna just give them out. i am not some company or anything. maybe pay for costs at most.

 

Could you get the pics back up, i am very interested in making this.

 

yeah, pics would be nice

 

Yeah, pics would be necessary imo. From the sound of things those are not the same gorunding points I've heard before.

 

There are many different grounding points in the engine, the best ones are probably for someone to figure out, probably what is listed above. I know Rally driver's have been doing this for years just made of their own equipment for that extra lil kick.