High Output Alternator : ?

[kpaske]

Will Alterstart powdercoat them so they look purdy like the one Hotsauce has? Was that extra or did that come included in the $269?

[biju]

Will Alterstart powdercoat them so they look purdy like the one Hotsauce has? Was that extra or did that come included in the $269?

The powder coat with with Mr. Alternator was extra ($25 - 30). I didn't ask Alterstart about powder coating.

-biju.

[pbkid]

hey beej you should let me know how that goes for you because i have a really good feeling that im gonna need a better alternator/optima battery...
every time my system hits my battery drops to 9volts...considering it drops from 18v, thats a bad thing...
plus i can physically see my tach drop like 200 rpm every time it hits...

so yea in conclusion you should let me know how that alternator works..

[biju]

Will do, mang. We're kind of 'stuck' with the max size of alternator we can add (without doing any major modifications that is...)

150amps has to help - but the question is how much of a difference will it really make? I'll letcha know.

-biju.

[pbkid]

cool thanks beej

[kpaske]

150amps has to help - but the question is how much of a difference will it really make?

I don't know if you guys have done this already, but before upgrading your alternator, you could try upgrading your wires. I have 1/0 gauge running between my alternator, battery, grounds, and my power distribution block and have little to no dimming (it's VERY slight) and only when pushing my audio system pretty hard. I've read about other folks with major dimming problems who've corrected it only by upgrading their wires. I imagine that better wires AND a better alternator could make a huge difference in some systems.

[driver3]

I have a new optima blue top... is the stock alternator not good enough? I'm having a hard time starting after only 2 months with the new battery... is this because of the alternator? Maybe I have a bad battery... ( I brought the battery camping, in another car, and the shovel head fell on it and connected the + and - and caused the top of the terminal to melt a bit, nothing serious.. but the car still started right up after, this was over a month ago.) think it may be the alt not enough to charge this battery?

[biju]

I don't know if you guys have done this already, but before upgrading your alternator, you could try upgrading your wires. I have 1/0 gauge running between my alternator, battery, grounds, and my power distribution block and have little to no dimming (it's VERY slight) and only when pushing my audio system pretty hard. I've read about other folks with major dimming problems who've corrected it only by upgrading their wires. I imagine that better wires AND a better alternator could make a huge difference in some systems.

Good point, kpaske. Alterstart shipped me, for free, the upgraded cables to compliment the new alternator - so i'll be sure to install those at the same time. Although, I think their cables are only 4ga, and not 1/0ga - so maybe I'm better off doing the 1/0ga.... Hmmmm....

-biju.

[AREA 51]

...considering it drops from 18v,

18 volts does not seem normal

[pbkid]

when i rev it, my gauge gets between 16 and 18

[Rickster]

The one from Mr. Alternator is 200 amps, and micro pulley is standard, and can be powdercoated numerous colors.

Rickster

[biju]

The one from Mr. Alternator is 200 amps, and micro pulley is standard, and can be powdercoated numerous colors.

Rickster

Hmmm... that's strange. As of just a few days ago the two blokes at Mr. Alternator I spoke to said 140 MAX due to the VX's stock alternator design. To back that up, a second company (Ohio generator), said the max we could get out of a direct bolt on alt would be 160, maybe 170 amp alternator (far short of 200) - again, due to the design of the stock alt.

I also told them that on this site I read that micro pulleys were available with their alts, and they said that was incorrect information.

Surely had Mr. Alt told me 200amps (with dyno test to back it up) + micro pulley option I would have gone with them. It's a no brainer.

Were they trying *not* to get my business? Why the variation in information from Mr. Alternator?

-biju.