exhaust grounding??? - Tuner-Junction

Johnlude85 · #1 (**permalink**) April 18th, 2006, 09:48 PM

ok i came across this http://www.eautoworks.com/html/ORD-1-1-1-26498.cfm . ive never exactly heard of this before. am i missing something? look at all the things it says it fixes or prevents

. i dunno about this. and even if it does work, why would someone spend $35 plus shipping on something you can go to walmart and get the parts you need to make this for under $10.00

so, im curious. is this something that might actually serve a purpose?

njn63 · #2 (**permalink**) April 18th, 2006, 09:56 PM

first time i've ever seen something like this. Don't see what function it could serve.

But people pay a lot of money for grounding kits that can be made for $10 too.

Clone · #3 (**permalink**) April 18th, 2006, 11:22 PM

what??? No???

your exhaust, as far as I know, needs zero grounding...

jon ROCKS!!!! · #4 (**permalink**) April 18th, 2006, 11:42 PM

alot of stock cars have those, at least all newer nissans

DCxMagus · #5 (**permalink**) April 19th, 2006, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by njn63

first time i've ever seen something like this. Don't see what function it could serve.

But people pay a lot of money for grounding kits that can be made for $10 too.

BUT BUT BUT the apexi one has a cool box that has a light up apexi logo on it ROFL!!

hcarcrx · #6 (**permalink**) April 19th, 2006, 08:22 AM

almost all cars have them now, by the time they are a few years old they are usually rusted off!! why are they there??? I Don't know!

ATISTANG · #7 (**permalink**) May 24th, 2006, 06:35 PM

News flash, you engine is grounded, your exhaust is bolted to the engine, and the exhaust is metal, what do we know about metal??? It is a great conductor, therefor if your exhaust is hooked up it is grounded, even though their is no need for it to be. It is just another thing to get your money.

Johnlude85 · #8 (**permalink**) May 24th, 2006, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ATISTANG

News flash, you engine is grounded, your exhaust is bolted to the engine, and the exhaust is metal, what do we know about metal??? It is a great conductor, therefor if your exhaust is hooked up it is grounded, even though their is no need for it to be. It is just another thing to get your money.

if youre talking about it on that level, then for a piece of pipe like an exhaust, it would help to have a grounding point every so often. each length of metal (lets use 10 feet as an example), every 2 feet on that 1 piece of metal may have 4 ohms of resistance and anything after that the resistance may dwindle down to nothing. so in that case, every 2 feet you would want a ground strap.

this is just an example to explain an theory, im not saying "this is how it is". but again, i really dont think its necessary.