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09/15/03 - Written by Chris Low
Well, the installation took about 1 1/2 hours due to poor apartment garage lighting and me fumbling around looking for the right sockets. It should take no more than 45
minutes to an hour in a well lit area and organized tools. The instructions are pretty good for being universal directions. A 10mm socket, a 13mm socket, and a socket wrench extension are the main tools you'll need.
I would consider the installation to be easy.
My tips would be to:
1. Lay out all the wires as they are of different lenghts and determine which one to use.
2 Let the engine cool
3 Find
all the stock ground points as these wires are to supplement the stock grounding on your car
4. Remove the battery on 94-96 Accords to access the transmission ground point
5. Have extra nylon zip ties handy.
The stock ground points are:
1) right in front of the battery on the radiator and headlight support beam
2) right below the transmission fluid dip stick
3) the driver side fender wall
4) the driver side of the intake manifold (my wires wouldn't reach this point so I made due by
connecting them to the closest point to it that the
wires would reach).
Note: The kit supplies five
ties, but you might need more because the transmission ground wire and the wire that goes from the engine hanger back to the negative battery terminal are close to the exhaust header and you want to make sure they
don't touch the header. I tied mine to the fan shroud. Also, make sure you have your radio code (if you have a radio that utilizes a code) as you'll need to disconnect the battery.
My noticeable results were
brighter headlights and slightly smoother throttle response. The kit claims to increase horsepower by up to +5 hp and this has been proven more than once through dyno testing on various cars in Import Tuner magazine.
Chris Low
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