head to firewall ground strap

[scirocco16vr32 at gmail.com (Chris Bennett)]

That's what I was trying to say.

Whenever you have two dissimilar metals you have potental for current
flow and corrosion...

I used to deal with this alot with antenna's (antenni?) in the Navy.
But not unless I had to go aloft.  LOL

Chris

On 9/5/06, Mtl-Marc <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> It links the head to the coil like you said. I'd think the head would be the
> best direct return path for the spark plugs electrical current. And the
> strap beign just about straight, it would make a low impedence ground.
> Important for high voltage/high frequency grounds (frequency actually low on
> a car motor).
>
> The hood grounding strap would help with parasistic noise from the spark
> plugs. And I'd guess it would help with rust issues. Any Chemist out there?
> My first Scirocco , 1982, had a brooken hood ground strap, and both front
> clamp thingy holding the hood close were rusted out all around them. My
> theory. ;-)
>
> Cheers.
>
> Marc
> '83 Scirocco
> '97 A4 Q
> '71 H-D FLH
>
>
> >
> > It's probably to help reduce ignition noise, as it links the
> > head to (basically) the coil.  High voltage pulses are more
> > likely to use that shortest path for ground, as compared to
> > the 'longer way around'.
> >
> > Oh, and like Chris said - you can't have too many grounds.
> >
> > Al
> >
> >
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