[DeTomaso] Alternator found

[Kirby Schrader]

I got mine from these guys.
Very happy with it.
http://www.nationsautoelectric.com/highoutput.html



On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:35 PM, David D Fisher <fisher95020 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> My quest for a new alternator has ended, and at the risk of sounding like
> a product advertisement I'll share what I ended up with.
>
> You may recal, my primary issue was the at idle with all systems running,
> I was draining the battery at the rate of about 75A continous.
>
> After some searching I found a company that specs output at idle (2400 rpm
> at the alternator, 800 rpm at the motor) as well as ideal operating RPM.
>
> I just installed it last night in 1 wire mode (although you can wire the
> speedo light aka 3 wire mode if you want)
>
> I turned on all my consumers  (cooling fans, lights and A/C)  and it was
> still charging with about 50 amps to spare at 800 rpm.  Bump the RPM to
> 2000 and it had much more than enough current than I can consume.
>
> I cant speak to the long term peformance, especially given the pathetic
> air flow its going to get up there behind the engine cover but I guess it's
> life is still considerably better than the poor baked starter.... Speaking
> of which, does anyone wrap their starter to try and reduce heat soak?
>
> My Alt is a Powermaster 57141, purchased from Summit.   You can get Output
> v.s RPM curves from the Powermaster catalague and they ship the Alt with a
> test tag that tells what this actual unit did on the test bench (pretty
> impressive, see pic)
>
> No problems with fitting on the car, except the high current connector on
> the back was dangerously close to my valve cover so I cut about 1/4 inch
> off the end.
>
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=37998
>
> David
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