doomtoo

Just thinking abotu a grounding kit, becuase I hear that it helps quite a bit.. I'm looking for something that would do the job, yet not to to expensive. Do you think this "universal" one would do the trick?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33574

avmaldo

go with blehmco, you wont be disapointed.

tripleGmax

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so youre willing to pay roughly 30 bucks for that "universal" pos rather than buy the $60 one that matt blehm is selling? i mean youre looking at one that fits tons of engines vs a VG specific one. its your money do what you want, but as everyone says about ebay crap, you pay for what you get. Not to mention, there is only praise from blehmco products.

Mizeree_X

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If you know where all the grounding points are and don't mind the FUGLY design, then get it. But I opted to spend more for the Blehmco and am happy I did.

ozzombie13

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it also helps to support a fellow maxima owner that makes a lot of custom mods. these big corporations dont give a **** about how well it work, the only thing they worry about is the $$

robdog

I too was thinking of buying one of those universal ones off of Ebay, but these guys make good points about supporting a fellow maxima owner, plus he makes them specifically for your car so you know it's going to fit right.

internetautomar

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and his comes with directions as to where to put the grounds and his wires are cut to the correct lengths

dmontzsta

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I can bet it is a POS. I paid more than that on materials when I made my own. Not to mention how much time I spend getting good solder connections and shrinktubing it up.

Go Blehmco.

doomtoo

Do you guys think it's worth the $60? And wouldn't in a few years time, they would be just as bad as the stock grounds? Or is it basically just any kind of wire should be able to do the trick, even if it's cheaper, they're both made prettyt much the same way, and both newer material, so unless they used different materials, sealed it off differently, or used older materials, It shoudl do about the same job? The blehmco's are like $130, and I'm not an extreme performance car yet - just want to get something that will noticably help.. I'm considering craigs, the advantages being to help another org member out, and that he has diagrams of where to connect them, but I might be able to figure that out with help fromo the wiring diagrams, and $30 vs $60, is not going out on the weekend 3 weeks vs. 6 :-p (I have no income, and have to budget wisely while in school)

tripleGmax

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if you clean the grounds when you add your wiring and add dielectric grease you should be good. its 54 shipped btw with a group deal matt put together not $130(i have no idea where you got 130). but go ahead and get the pos universal one and come back and post complaints bout it. you could always sell back that book youre not reading for a class, instead of not going out

doomtoo

Wait, there's a group deal for the blehmco's? I went to their webpage on it, and found it for $130...
The blehmco's seem like they'd be worth about the $60, since they're put together as to lower interference and the resistance, as well as come in neat colors O:-) SO I would assume they'd last the like of the car, instead of possibly 3yrs.
Where's the group deal for them?


(and that was relatively speaking - have to try and spend money wisely, books are for reference in case you finally need them :-p But if I pay $60 and can barely notice a difference, it wouldn't be worth it, relative to the amount of times I could go out... I rationalize purchases :-p )

blacks92seAuto

i got an ebay one....I got mine for like 18bucks shipped...quality was better than if i would of made my own.....there is 2 wires that were longer than needed, but easily hidden.....if you want if to be a perfect kit then go with blehmco, but IMHO we aren't putting on a clutch disc or something important, its just beefing up the grounds....so unless you got extra money to spend get the cheapo imo

internetautomar

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a fool and his money are soon parted

doomtoo

So what you're saying is that a $20 vs. the $130 is just your impression, and nothing more - like buying doogies windshield wiper fluid vs. Turtle wax's windshield formula?

No one has said whether they really felt that the benefits were worth the money yet

tripleGmax

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so where on earth are you getting $130??? what are you buying? because the grounding kit which i thought we were talking bout is 54 shipped

internetautomar

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actually I do use the purple washer fluid.
and it's 54 vs "20"

tripleGmax

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haha nice. i try to use that yellow fluid for add hp's

internetautomar

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I ran out of the yellow one

doomtoo

Alright sorry.. something is wierd... I searched "blemco ground wire kit" off ebay yesterday, and got a professional page, with a $130 ground wire kit on it, and I thought that was the blemco one. I dsidn't realize blehco and mattwere the same O:-)

Darn google :-p

Thanks for all the help, I appreciate it, sorry about all the questions

internetautomar

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Group deal section I believe

Kikcaffine

is there a noticable increase in performance aswell as smothness through out the rpm range w/ a new ground kit?

Matt93SE

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No offense man, but where on my website do you find ANYTHING listed for $130?
My ground kits are less than half that, including shipping.

http://www.mattblehm.com/engine.html


and the issue isn't "old dirty wire" causing the problems. it's the fact the factory grounds are done with 22-24awg wire when they should be 16 awg absolute minimum. I beef them up to 8 awg and tell you were to properly ground them.

I've had several people buy the ebay ones and see zero difference when installed according to their "directions". (many of which mention throttle body and strut tower bolts)... Then they install mine and immediately notice improvement.. hmmmmm

tripleGmax

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http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=376292

here is the link for the group deal.

well matt, in your signature control arm bushings are 130 hehee
um control armahgroundingkit bushings yeah thats the ticket! ding!


old dirrty wire is cousin to old dirty bastard (RIP)

tripleGmax

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brembo doesnt equal blehmco
brembo < blehmco