[Si owner #6]

am i reading this right you need to make custom grounds for motor mounts? and if so which mount specifically? i want to do a rear lower motor mount am i gonna need more modifications for this install? i thought it was plug and play?

 

[GabrielO]

am i reading this right you need to make custom grounds for motor mounts? and if so which mount specifically? i want to do a rear lower motor mount am i gonna need more modifications for this install? i thought it was plug and play?

The rear motor mount will not need any changes made. Depending on the mount you may have to remove the OEM torque plate along with the mount. Most are two bolts onto the torque plate and then one through the top of the rubber cushion. Make sure to replace the two bolts going into the torque plate, or at the very least put some blue thread locker on. Torque down according to spec.

 

[GabrielO]

Where are the ignition system grounds? Motor has 3 grounds atm ecu currently has one(bracket is the ground)

The grounds on the two side mounts are used for the ignition system. This is kinda what I set up for my custom grounds, except I used a ground block, and put a ground on the throttle body, and grounded where the OEM side mounts were attached to the body of the car, in addition to the negative terminal of the battery

 

[Papii9thgen]

i recently installed the full hasport kit on my 15 si and have 0 issues. I didnt disconnect the battery since my battery is under the passenger headlight. Also my ecu bracket is not grounded (unless you count the oem bolt by the cowl) and im only running 1 ground to the engine (passenger side, motor to body) and trans ground (trans to body). again, 0 issues. i would look elsewhere i dont think grounding is your issue

 

[GabrielO]

i recently installed the full hasport kit on my 15 si and have 0 issues. I didnt disconnect the battery since my battery is under the passenger headlight. Also my ecu bracket is not grounded (unless you count the oem bolt by the cowl) and im only running 1 ground to the engine (passenger side, motor to body) and trans ground (trans to body). again, 0 issues. i would look elsewhere i dont think grounding is your issue

Hasport kits have OEM grounding locations and are not powder coated. Grounding is the initial issue that causes the short. Those two grounds are all the car has stock, and all it technically needs for the ignition system. After the ignition system shorts out it can work intermittently or go completely into theft mode.

 

[pulidomalachicds]

This exact same problem just happened to me. Original owner of my 2014 SI didn't torque down the rear motor mount bolts after he put a Hasport in(caused a myriad of problems, broken off exhaust studs, serpentine belt got chunked out, etc.), which lead to my replacing all mounts with Innovative, just to be safe. After getting the mounts back in, the starter just clicked, and the system would not turn back off after trying to start unless I disconnected the battery. I checked fuses and all electrical systems I could touch, no visible problems, other than that the ground wire on the passenger side was now going body to body rather than body to mount, and the driver's side ground wire was going body to transmission, I replaced the starter (God help me I'm not going back through that to put the old one back on even though it's probably good), did the same clicking at first, then I heard a decently loud electrical short sound, continuous until I disconnected the battery, now no power to systems at all, the only light on is the security light on the head unit. I will update as the saga continues. Haven't even gotten to drive the car 100 miles yet thanks to the last idiot, combined with my own stupidity in not reconnecting the ground wires in a proper way.