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Old Dec 13, 2004 | 08:41 AM
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Hyper grounding?

ok i am thinking of doing the hyper ground. looked at irish's, looked at the pro kits and everything. so the wires connect many ground points to a central if i am correct. but where does the central ground connect? people that have done the hyper grounding what does it improve. is it worth the money? please post back with info. thank you!
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Old Dec 13, 2004 | 08:47 AM
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The benefits of the hyper ground are lower, smoother idle, and a slight inscrease in rev speed to name a few. It's only about $25 worth of grounding wire and connectors so why not? BlehmCo is selling pre-fabbed for like $43 if your time cutting and putting on connectors is worth more than 18 bucks.
Old Dec 13, 2004 | 08:53 AM
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so the grounds connect what and what?
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Old Dec 14, 2004 | 09:31 PM
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the wires for the grounding go from what to the grounding points?
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Old Dec 14, 2004 | 09:55 PM
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some grounding points are .. your headlights.. TB, Tranny,.. thats all i can remember on the top of my head
Old Dec 15, 2004 | 02:37 AM
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all the points are shown on irish's page
Old Dec 15, 2004 | 06:54 AM
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all the points are shown on irish's page
Yeah its like page 16 or 18 or something like that.... I've looked it up before...
Old Dec 15, 2004 | 07:24 AM
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is there like a central grounding point that the others ground to?
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Old Dec 15, 2004 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by tothamax01
is there like a central grounding point that the others ground to?
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Doesn't seem like it... although it is possible I guess... but I don't know a whole lot about that....

Haha... what a useless response by me...
Old Dec 15, 2004 | 09:23 AM
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I think the whole point of a hyperground system is to have all the grounds at the same voltage potential. This keeps the voltage being applied to the particular control unit steady. This makes for more consistant operation. As long as all the grounds are at the same potential throughout the car, that is all that matters. The actual voltage originates at the battery, so the central ground point is the battery's negative terminal.
Old Dec 15, 2004 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by schmatt
I think the whole point of a hyperground system is to have all the grounds at the same voltage potential. This keeps the voltage being applied to the particular control unit steady. This makes for more consistant operation. As long as all the grounds are at the same potential throughout the car, that is all that matters. The actual voltage originates at the battery, so the central ground point is the battery's negative terminal.
Thanks for the much needed explanation...
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 12:28 PM
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in the how to's it says for 2000-2001 max's. is there a write up for a 2002 and wat kind of wires and how much to buy if u were too just buy the wiring urself?
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 01:16 PM
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http://www.courtesyparts.com/Merchan..._Code=GRND-A33

Courtesy Nissan has some new grounding kit... has anyone purchased these? Seems kind of pricey. They do come with instructions.
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 01:24 PM
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anyone know any sites that have them for cheaper? i know blehmco has a set for 50 bucks
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 01:57 PM
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i know the auto's notice a huge diff because of the downshift, but has anyone with a 5spd noticed any performance increase, other than the smoothness easy starting?
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by maximillus
in the how to's it says for 2000-2001 max's. is there a write up for a 2002 and wat kind of wires and how much to buy if u were too just buy the wiring urself?
the 2002-3 is the same idea.....I've done one of them as well. ground points are similar, but location may vary a little bit for the engine grounds themselves. As much time as you guys spend on here, you should know enough about the basic engine parts to find things like the alternator, tranny, battery, etc. Then you can ground them to basically any frame ground (there are at least 5 or 6 of them in the engine bay)......
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by brettb
http://www.courtesyparts.com/Merchan..._Code=GRND-A33

Courtesy Nissan has some new grounding kit... has anyone purchased these? Seems kind of pricey. They do come with instructions.
I ordered it and it will be here tomorrow. Another X-mas present. The kit looks solid, better guage wire than other pre-fab kits I have seen. I can post some pics and stuff of the kit once I get it installed.
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 04:29 PM
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Wow, 80 bucks. It must be nice having money to spend.....that seems a bit steep to me. You will have to let me know when you do it because I was wanting to hg my 2001 as well (but using Home Depot as my parts source, lol).
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 06:39 AM
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yea im wit soonr1
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 11:14 AM
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wats up peoples!! I have a 2k1 maxima, and i actually installed a hyper grounding kit in my car.. $50 is way too much money...I bought mine off of ebay for like $30 with shipping and handling. i got a universal JDM kit. and yes its worth it..after I got them installed you can tell there's a little bit more gas pressure on the gas peddle.. All you have to do is to make sure that atleast one point is connected to where the battery is grounded as well and have the other wires connected to metal. Not sure about anyone else, but on my maxima its a 5spd, and i had like a 2sec delay when i would floor my car but now its all gone. U can actually feel the difference in the car as well.
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 11:28 AM
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will the universal ones sold on ebay work just as well as the ones sold by blehmco or courtesyparts?
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 03:41 PM
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I just got and installed the kit from matt. Blehmco kit that is. It only contains 4 wires. One going from battery to the central grounding area and then 3 more wires going from the central area to the alternator ground and the 2 bolts on top of the timing chain case or whatever. If I want to ground things like my headlights and other things people ground on here how would I go about doing it. Can I run another ground wire from the headlights to someting I already grounded or does it have to go to the central grounding area that already has 3 ground wires attached to it? Sorry, but dont know much about this stuff.
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 04:16 PM
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This has been discussed at LEAST eleventy-nine times.
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 10:06 PM
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I installed the Courtesy Nissan kit the other day. It was really easy and straight forward with the directions. I do notice a difference in throttle response (it is noticeably quicker). So it was worth it for me.
Old Dec 31, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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people.....just look at my website. I have a how-to. Seriously, this is really basic stuff!!
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