I have finally gotten around to putting the GroundingGear wires in the G today. Mind you the weather for it wasn't as warm as I would have liked to have it, but its a close to a warm day you can get despite the cold fingers and runny nose usually working outside in the cold. After reading the instructions twice just for good measure and yes you should read the instructions as stated in the first 5 lines of the sheets. I proceeded to to do the installation of the wires.

Following the instructions to a "T" there were minimal issues encountered with the installation. I did have a little trouble with lower bolt of the hood sensor not going in properly until I found the groove and it went in smooth. I didn't have a torque wrench available to me so I basically went by memory as to how much force was needed to loosen the bolts out. Careful care was taken on one of the manifold bolts not to overtighten since it looked like it was attatched to the lower plenum. In the instructions I had to drill a 5/16" hole in the rubber grommet where there is a wire loom entering the battery compartment. Unfortunately, trying to push the wire through that was just a pain in the a$$ so I decided to use a 1/2" wood bit through the rubber and then fed the wire through with some effort. The fit was just perfect as the hole created a nice proper seal with the wire, so worries there.

With all of the wires in their allocated spots, I tightened all of the bolts and ensured no cross-threading or overtightening. I was worried about getting the cover back on because of the wires, but that was short lived with the wires did not interfere with securing the cover. Now since I disconnected the battery prior to the installation of the wires to necessitate not having to do an ECU reset after hooking the negative battery terminal back on again. I went ahead and started the G and to my surprise the car started very smoothly and idled smooth. Blipping the throttle, proved the engine to be much more responsive than the usual chug-vrooom sound I kept getting without the wires, so the wires did make an improvement on the responsiveness and smoothness of the throttle.

I took the G for a 15 minute spin on the Highway and did some WOT so that the ECU can recognize the new signal. I kinda felt the G was just a reall nice happy low purring pu$$ycat when you put the G in WOT it just pounces the pavement and continues on. Gone is the growl I kept getting when I was letting off the clutch that absolutely annoyed me a great deal. This is certainly well worth the investment for any G or any other performance vehicle.

THANKS GORD!!

One exception, since it was too bloody cold to do it and the fact that I wasn't really prepared to rip out the glove compartment to put in the ECU wire, The wires still provide a good amount of performance. Now, I just wish the weather would warm up so I can complete the wiring and see what gains there are with connecting the ECU wire up.

K

 

Another happy customer of Gord's GroundingGear........

This is a great mod and, from experience, one I highly recommend.
I haven't done the M yet, but it at the top of my 'To Do' list.

Enjoy EEYORE, that was money well spent.

Colin