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ae86drift
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[urgent] - where to earth the negative battery strap? Thu, 11 March 2004 22:45 Go to next message
directly onto the bellhousing?
or directly betten the BH and the starter? or onto the starer itself?

its a 4age RWD (ae86)

quick help is good help. i searched but there is nothing specific and google is vague as

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Re: [urgent] - where to earth the negative battery strap? Thu, 11 March 2004 22:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
I use two - one to the chassis of the car and the other to the engine block.
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Re: [urgent] - where to earth the negative battery strap? Thu, 11 March 2004 22:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Freak you should have at the least an earth strap from the battery to the chassis to the engine/gearbox.
bolt it to your gearbox somewhere on a nice big bolt/nut.
it doesnt need to go onto your starter, just as long as it's on the engine/gearbox.
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Re: [urgent] - where to earth the negative battery strap? Thu, 11 March 2004 23:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
where do you buy a dual strap of decent quality from? repco? supercheap? how much??

also can you earth to the head? or is it not a good idea?

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Re: [urgent] - where to earth the negative battery strap? Thu, 11 March 2004 23:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Freak i use good quality 4 guage stereo power cable.
the head on my car is earthed. not a 4 guage like the others, i will upgrade it oneday.
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Re: [urgent] - where to earth the negative battery strap? Thu, 11 March 2004 23:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
my head is earthed to the chassis from the engine lift hook

im wondering if i can earth both the negative battery strap and the head from the same spot?

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i use good quality 4 guage stereo power cable.

err whats this? im not a stereo head.

is it that thick cable covered in red clear plastic?

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Re: [urgent] - where to earth the negative battery strap? Thu, 11 March 2004 23:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
The more earth straps the better. I choose to use 3 straps. 1 to the engine, 1 to the front chassis rail and 1 to the rear chassis rail. Having a voltage potential between 2 earth point can and will cause rust and corrosion.
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Re: [urgent] - where to earth the negative battery strap? Thu, 11 March 2004 23:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Resulting in a bad Earth??? Laughing

Sorry Cool1 can you clarify that last statement? Does 3 points solve the corrosion problem or reduce the risk??
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Re: [urgent] - where to earth the negative battery strap? Fri, 12 March 2004 07:30 Go to previous message
i dont think there is any evidence to say that is true...

i've heard the theory though...

basically the more earths the better because current actually flows from negative to positive so if you have a small earth lead or a bad earthing point the current will encounter resistance and give you problems...

you can buy very good earth straps from supercheap for like 50 bucks... it even comes with o-ring terminals
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