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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 02:03 PM
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Best connections for ground kit

I was wondering where everyone else who has a ground kit put there five connections. if you have pictures it would be even better. I install my lineage kit and have experience all the upsides of the kit. but for some reason it seems like my MPG are decreasing with each gallon of gas. Without the kit i was getting around 270-275 Miles per tank. now its around around 260-265. I was wondering what everyone else is getting with a kit.
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 10:00 PM
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search... kareem did a nice how to with pics a few weeks back
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 10:05 PM
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hehe.....its the psuedo effect. you think you have more power, so your on the throttle more.........lolol!!! j/k
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 12:04 AM
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hehe.....its the psuedo effect. you think you have more power, so your on the throttle more.........lolol!!! j/k
Probably not far from the truth! From what I hear, you can gain about 1-2% in horsepower if you try multiple configurations on a dyno. But that makes your $20-100 ground kit suddenly cost hundreds of dollars. Parts are cheap, tuning is what makes them work.
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 12:17 AM
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what if you were to have, say, more than just the five basic connections? would that help in any way?
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 12:23 AM
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You have to find the exact correct order as well as number of connections. More isn't necessarily better, but configuration is. IMO, not something I would spend time on unless everything else in the car was developed as far as possible,
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by rebel89_00
Without the kit i was getting around 270-275 Miles per tank. now its around around 260-265.
damn..your gas mileage seems horrible...i usually get like 340-360 miles from a tank..and i drive it hard..i wonder why yours is so low
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 07:18 PM
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yeah i thought it might be low. I have been hearing that people are getting like 300ish. I wonder what it is. i will soon need to replace my spark plugs and im getting magnecor wires. but i doubt it will raise the mpt.
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 07:24 PM
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wow, too bad grounding kits dont do like....anything
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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 07:22 PM
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Check the PSI in your tires. after i put my new 17" Konig Rush's on my tire pressure was much lower than thought due to a faulty gauge, so when i took a 150 mile trip i was wondering why it took me more than a half a tank of gas. Checked the inflation pressure, bumped it up, now i get more like 320 to the tank.
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Old Jul 7, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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don't feel bad guys on my turbo lancer i get about 150 miles on a full tank of gas and i don't even go into boost that often.
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Old Jul 7, 2004 | 08:32 PM
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That's odd, a turbo is supposed to increase mpg when you don't step on it.
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