What exactly does a ground wiring kit do?

Ok...before I get flamed and get yelled at to do a search I did! The only think I found were hows tos and which kind to buy or make your own. I am interested in buying one but I want to know what they do. Do they provide extra hp or something..if so I am interested in making or buying a set
 
It is possible to gain hrsepower. I dont really think our car will since it was made pretty bad good from the factory. Some cars see gains some dont. How it works is you have bigger and better ground wire to help lose electrical power loss to certain itmes ie: ignition, throttle body intake manifold etc.... I would just go to walmart and buy the 4 guage wiring kit for 25 dollars and follow the instructions on this website. Yes I have done it to my car, but dont think I have really seen any difference, but it doesnt hurt. Cheap enough when you do it yourself.
 
hey guys on a side note what places have you guys gotten kits from where the wire color doesnt fade.

I have an HKS style system on now that I paid like 28shipped for and it is a replica of their circle earth system, cam with plenty of wires of all different lengths so it installed and works fine but all of the wires nearest to the engine where the extreme heat is have turned dark green almost brown from the heat instead of their normal birght blue.

Does this happen with all kits or did this one just use wire sleeves that were bad for hi temps?

Sorry to get off topic a little, as I understood it the point of a ground wire system was to stop the loss of electrical current as it passes from major part to part in your car, like the parts mentioned in the above post, supposedly as the current passes through them they loose a litte and this causes power loss and electrical interference between all the parts. Ground all of them stops this loss and the only real gains you will see are better throttle response and a smoother accelration as well as idle.

MIne pulled harder through the rpm range above 4k(especially in 3rd gear, my fav gear =)) enough that I could notice it.

I dont know if I could really notice better throttle response or if I convinced myself I did =P
 

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