hks grounding kits????
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you only need 3 ground wires. unless you want to look good in car shows, then go ahead and buy it. but personally, you can go to any car shops and buy individual ground wires and hook it up. you could get that battery voltage stablizer or whatever it is but i don't think it would help that much.
BlkCurrantKord
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Jeffro said:
Your engine has grounds on it.
BlkCurrantKord said:
Yes, but it's not an aluminum block... Aluminum would make a horrible ground... Maybe aluminum wrapped copper or steel, but I don't see Aluminum being conductive enough to be a ground... But maybe that's just me...
talontsiawd
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Aluminum is conductive but not really known for it or widely used. From what I remember, i think its about the same as gold. Not as much as, say, copper. It's been awhile.
Browntown
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Here..... compliments of Wikipedia
Conductor materials
Of the metals commonly used for conductors, copper, has a high conductivity. Silver is more conductive, but due to cost it is not practical in most cases. However, it is used in specialized equipment, such as satellites, and as a thin plating to mitigate skin effect losses at high frequencies. Because of its ease of connection by soldering or clamping, copper is still the most common choice for most light-gauge wires.
Compared to copper, aluminium has worse conductivity per unit volume, but better conductivity per unit weight. In many cases, weight is more important than volume making aluminium the 'best' conductor material for certain applications. For example, it is commonly used for large-scale power distribution conductors such as overhead power lines. In many such cases, aluminium is used over a steel core that provides much greater tensile strength than would the aluminium alone [1][2].
Gold is occasionally used for very fine wires such as those used to wire bond integrated circuits to their lead frames. The contacts in electrical connectors are also commonly gold plated or gold flashed (over nickel). Contrary to popular belief, this is not done because gold is a better conductor; it is not. Instead, it is done because gold is very resistant to the surface corrosion that is commonly suffered by copper, silver, or tin/lead alloys. This corrosion would have a very detrimental effect on connection quality over time; gold plating avoids that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_conductor
Conductor materials
Of the metals commonly used for conductors, copper, has a high conductivity. Silver is more conductive, but due to cost it is not practical in most cases. However, it is used in specialized equipment, such as satellites, and as a thin plating to mitigate skin effect losses at high frequencies. Because of its ease of connection by soldering or clamping, copper is still the most common choice for most light-gauge wires.
Compared to copper, aluminium has worse conductivity per unit volume, but better conductivity per unit weight. In many cases, weight is more important than volume making aluminium the 'best' conductor material for certain applications. For example, it is commonly used for large-scale power distribution conductors such as overhead power lines. In many such cases, aluminium is used over a steel core that provides much greater tensile strength than would the aluminium alone [1][2].
Gold is occasionally used for very fine wires such as those used to wire bond integrated circuits to their lead frames. The contacts in electrical connectors are also commonly gold plated or gold flashed (over nickel). Contrary to popular belief, this is not done because gold is a better conductor; it is not. Instead, it is done because gold is very resistant to the surface corrosion that is commonly suffered by copper, silver, or tin/lead alloys. This corrosion would have a very detrimental effect on connection quality over time; gold plating avoids that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_conductor
talontsiawd
Well-Known Member
Well, one reason aluminum is not usually used is you can really have aluminum strands. So it's not pratical to use. And there are other metals that are partical and cheaper. But like i said above, it's about as conductive as gold (from my memory) so it's actually a decent conductor, just not all that practical.
shavedaccord
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Save your money and DIY it. Majority of these kits are a waste of money like the v6p kit is terribly overpriced. These kits will in no way give you that much better of a ground or performance gains to justify the cost.
wg2k7
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id like to make my own once i get my system in, is there any diy anywhere. specifically saying which points benefit the best from gettin grounded?
