Grounding with Stainless

Txsupra

Txsupra

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I looked this up in a couple of electrical books and in this forum but no luck.

I have changed most of the nuts and bolts in my car to various grades of stainless, ie: Rad mount, wire harness mounts, head light, tail light, ect ect. Anyway I have removed all of the Toyota wires in the car and made my own wire harness as Ive gone crazy, I mean standalone. Its a gutted car; no A/C, radio interior lights no nadda. I have changed all of the grounds to stainless nuts and or bolts and was wondering if this is a bad idea for conductive reasons. I know that stainless is a conductor but not as good of one as plain steel or the likes thereof. I do know that it will work fine because its grounded to the cars steel and just fastened with stainless. Im just asking for a more technical answer for this question as I know there are very good electricians here. Thanks

A few pics of the work

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figgie;1392344 said:
Eeewwwww, All that GEX wiring and weight............

you won't have any galvanic corrosion. Or in otherwords, there will be no issues with using the SS bolts/nuts as grounding points.

on your car :)

http://s446.photobucket.com/albums/qq184/aaronhargis/supra pics/?action=view&current=sup5.jpg

what type of racing are you going to do? SCCA solo? Be aware that tech will not let you race with that configuration. Need a firewall inbetween you and that area.
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Txsupra

Txsupra

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figgie;1392344 said:
Eeewwwww, All that GEX wiring and weight............

you won't have any galvanic corrosion. Or in otherwords, there will be no issues with using the SS bolts/nuts as grounding points.

on your car :)

http://s446.photobucket.com/albums/qq184/aaronhargis/supra pics/?action=view&current=sup5.jpg

what type of racing are you going to do? SCCA solo? Be aware that tech will not let you race with that configuration. Need a firewall inbetween you and that area.
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I have an aluminum dash and a steel gauge cluster in there now, will probably change that to aluminum too. You cant see any wires unless you poke your head in and up. Those are old pics just used for the topic.

As for the galvanic corrosion, I knew that they would help the bare metal stay bare but I just didn't know if they would somehow cause "stray voltage" or noise. Thanks for the info.

I will try to get in on some track time with the car. There are some very nice tracks close by to me. Maybe a few low end paring lot races. I will have the car setup for 1/4 mile drags for the most part. I have an NHRA license and all of the tech requirements for that laid out.
 
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