KrayzieFox

Installed my custom grounding kit finally! Woohoo!!

Shasta

Shasta

What does that do???

Jackelope

Rotating my tires today:

think i've taken too many right hand turns....

Left Front Tire vs Right Front Tire
(both been on car same amount of time and up front same amount of time and ~ same pressure ~33 vs 35 when i took 'em off)



actually,these tires look GOOD (@ least 3 do) for me having them on my car, i'm HORRIBLE on tires, think these are @ ~11k

KrayzieFox

Besides the obvious cosmetic appeal of having neato yellow wires all over the engine bay, not too much. I guess the only thing it really does is lower electric resistance under the hood which increases overall effectiveness of your electrical system. The end result is a much smoother idle. Also, if your lights dim when rolling down windows, unlocking doors, etc. then a good grounding kit will help minimize the overall stress and that was part of the reason I did this mod. Some say it gives you an extra 5 HP but I didn't notice anything at all. Maybe 1 HP .. maybe.

Quite honestly, it's more of a cosmetic mod. The only thing it does performance wise is help smooth our your idle and keep your lights from dimming if you're putting a lot of strain on your elec. system. I have a car starter, alarm, all sorts of window/sunroof modules, and a subwoofer so I figured a good grounding kit wouldn't hurt anything. Not exactly necessary, but I did it just as a precaution and also cuz it dresses up the engine bay a bit.

dentinger

alright... here MY pic of the day..
and it just so happens its the rims im buying for my '07 mazda3
SICK!!
they're MSR style 138
they're 17's btw

Jackelope

^nice

kargoboy

Krayzie--very ingenious way of making your Simota CAI into an SRI. How do you have it mounted to keep that flexible connection from flopping around? Did you use the mounting bracket from Simota?

KrayzieFox

Yep, hooked it up to the battery tray bolt and secured right before the MAF. The only reason it works like an SRI is because that Simota filter is such a tight fit that it can be secured on the other end of the MAF very very snug.

Jackelope

my intake looks like that, sorta.. cept my pipe is still the factory pipe, haha, but i do have a cone filter on the end :0

kargoboy

Thanks Krayzie, I will have to mention it in the future, maybe it'll snag a few extra sales.

KrayzieFox

Glad I could be of assistance, feel free to use my pics anytime and ask if you need more taken.

dentinger

alright, my pic of the day...
its my 2007 mazda3, right after a long wash... inside AND out...
i was really nice out (for this time of year) and i just bought a new shammy, so i had to try it out....

Jackelope

- I see snow, and its nice out?

^ car looks good! come clean mine.

dentinger

yeah, southern ontario, and its 13 degrees C out....
its usually only a few degrees out...
and while washing my wheels, i noticed my front passengers is completly bent on one spot.. like, its bent inwards in two ways...
that would probably explain the bad gas mileage..
i wont worry about it until the fall, when the soon to be new rims come off for the winter

i'd clean yours (lol) but i wanna clean my parents car first