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Apr 8, 2009 | 09:39 PM

Paulkr

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Grounds?

Has anyone put extra grounds on? if so where? I have heard that the tuner cars put them on and the actually runs better. anyone have thoughts on this?

Apr 8, 2009 | 10:15 PM

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Has anyone put extra grounds on? if so where? I have heard that the tuner cars put them on and the actually runs better. anyone have thoughts on this?

Depends on the car. Some cars have lousy grounds to start with and run slightly better with proper grounding. You won't gain much (if any) and you're better off improving the existing ground points (sanding away paint, using dielectric grease, better cables, etc).

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Apr 8, 2009 | 11:01 PM

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Has anyone put extra grounds on? if so where? I have heard that the tuner cars put them on and the actually runs better. anyone have thoughts on this?

I recall a boat load of friendly (and otherwise) "debate" on this grounding stuff during my misspent 350Z days... the final concensus was that it was snake oil.

Apr 9, 2009 | 07:03 AM

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Has anyone put extra grounds on? if so where? I have heard that the tuner cars put them on and the actually runs better. anyone have thoughts on this?

Not sure what "runs better" means but a bad ground will definately cause problems and you will know something is wrong. The C-5s had different ground terminals and sometimes experienced ground problems but the C-6s solved that. If you are not throwing codes, your grounds are OK, and you can't make them "better".

Apr 9, 2009 | 10:14 AM

Paulkr

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Thank you for your information I have had some codes that seem to go away so it was just a thought

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