| chupchup |
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Monday, Dec 3rd 1:36pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 265
Singapore
320m20 |
I would like to know if anyone here has installed additional grounding cables in their E21's? If yes, can you advise:
1 Did it make any improvements to the car?
2 What type of cables did/should you use?
3 Which are the additional grounding points did you use?
Thanks and cheers
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| aussie323i |
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Monday, Dec 3rd 2:37pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 598
australia
1979 323i |
hi chupchup
I added an extra grounding strap from one of the rocker cover nuts at the back of the head to the firewall just like the later e30 on BMWs.
I just used the stock cable for this from an e30 - it was part of my L-Jet swap.
didn't really notice any difference, although I was not really having any earthing issues before that.
Cheers |
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| Marquis_Rex |
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Tuesday, Dec 11th 8:51am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 534
UK
BMW 323i 2.7-as featured in Total BMW Nov 2002,Porsche 911/993TT |
I added two additional ground/earth cables. One from the cam cover to the where the coolant expansion tank sits and the other from the left front strut turret to the inlet manifold.
My shell is so rusty that it made quite a difference. With the headlights on and blower on the car could still rev reasonably higher without misfiring but still not as good as with anciliaries switched off. I would still have hot start probelms though, in the summer when the engine was hot and the ignition/starter circuitry was hot and its resistance had increased....but less so... |
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| g323 |
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Tuesday, Dec 18th 8:20pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 209
California
323i 1982 |
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=008&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=180190503143&rd=1
bought these, any suggestions on where to connect to?
from where to where?
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| aussie323i |
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Wednesday, Dec 19th 4:10pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 603
australia
1979 323i |
well I guess the kit's suggested places might be a start... although I'd hook one to the head as opposed to the throttle-body like the factory BMW fitment.
http://209.200.64.237/images/accesory/4569-3.jpg |
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| ichiwan2 |
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Wednesday, Dec 19th 9:10pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 295
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BMW320/6(e21) |
Some locations for earthing:
Firewall - helps electrics inside,
Head/Block - spark plugs etc
Alternator -
AC compressor if you have one
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| MayanArch |
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Wednesday, Dec 26th 5:26pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 1478
Florida, USA
Baur E21 2.7 1982, Baur E30 318i 1985, 323i 1978 |
Can you make ground wire out of any copper cable.
I have some leftover thick copper speaker cable....the 1/4" thick kind.
Would that work? |
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| ichiwan2 |
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Wednesday, Dec 26th 5:39pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 296
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BMW320/6(e21) |
Not sure about speaker cables - no doubt that they are conductors, but can they take the current and heat levels in the engine bay? I would think the insulation might be the first to go...
Just guessing. |
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| MayanArch |
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Wednesday, Dec 26th 9:49pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 1479
Florida, USA
Baur E21 2.7 1982, Baur E30 318i 1985, 323i 1978 |
Will a bad ground cause start up problems?
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| ichiwan2 |
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Sunday, Dec 30th 6:25pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 298
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BMW320/6(e21) |
It would not help... I would think it would have some impact on the start-up. May also have some impact on battery life. |
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