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Old 03-25-2007, 01:24 AM   #1
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has any one herd or used a grounding kit?if so did it give you any more power?
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Old 03-25-2007, 01:30 AM   #2
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They sell them on Ebay. My Scirocco was notorious for grounding problems, not sure if the 318ti really needs an upgraded ground.

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I think the key isn't so much the grounding kit as what you ground.

I've gotten some high strung race motors to run better at rev''s by
tying the ground of various metal parts of the engine.

Example:
Run a ground from the head to the block, tie it directly to the
ground to the battery negative. basically your providing a solid
ground for the spark plugs. I've been randomly checking engines
and I've found the cylinder head to block is not a solid electrical
connection especially if rebuilt with metal gaskets, My Ohm
meter gets resistance between the battery - and the cyl head.

Also run a ground from the Alternator housing to the same
ground block. Seems to help the charging voltage stabilize.

My TI seems to have very good grounding, BMW did a lot of
this type of grounding in the stock harness. But I still like
the head to block ground use two clean surfaces a star
washer and dielectric grease to seal the contact area.

No need to buy a fancy kit though...


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