Calling B.S. on all these HO alternators

[SWFL 10+ year member]

your car idles lower than most do then

in park mine idle 625 in drive idles 725

nope, they use the EXACT same size

HO alts come with smaller pulley than stock at least mine was said it did i havent compared them

 

[clouduz 10+ year member]

yeah but i don't think 30 amps, that's alot! plus i sent them my stock alt to size one up for my vehicle and they told me i have the smallest pulley on my stock that they use on their ho alts. and from what i read the only way to change my idle is through a pc for my car no scan tool :/

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

HO alts come with smaller pulley than stock at least mine was said it did i havent compared them

Not all of them do (mine didn't)

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

your car idles lower than most do then

my Jimmy idles right about there too.

 

[clouduz 10+ year member]

my car idles at 600 in drive or park, and it's located under the engine and to me gets hot too quick when i'm not bumping too hard. i understand ho alts give more heat, but mine is a BIG difference in terms of heat given off vs stock

 

[SWFL 10+ year member]

rob sent a pulley with my HO alt?

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

my Jimmy idles right about there too.

must be a 4 and 6cyl thing then. although my ranger was in between 700-800 and it was a v6

 

[SWFL 10+ year member]

my car idles at 600 in drive or park, and it's located under the engine and to me gets hot too quick when i'm not bumping too hard. i understand ho alts give more heat, but mine is a BIG difference in terms of heat given off vs stock

what company?

 

[SWFL 10+ year member]

must be a 4 and 6cyl thing then. although my ranger was in between 700-800 and it was a v6

in park or drive?

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

rob sent a pulley with my HO alt?

That's not what I meant, he sent a pulley with mine too, but it was the same size as stock

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

the thing i don't like about "idle" claims is i wouldn't have brought my mechman or any ho alt if i knew they rated them at 800 rpms. my car idles at 600 and my stock gives about 30 more amps than my mechman at idle. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Annoying haveing to hold the gas just to listen to music at a decent volume at stop.

Simple solution......don't be blasting your shit at stop lights //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

that is a pretty low idle, so perhaps a smaller/custom pulley would help.

I run a single DC 275A and 9 batts in my daily set up pushing 14k of power and have ZERO issues. I demo full tilt for 5-10 minutes at a time and bring the RPM's up to around 1500.

BigJoker runs a DC alt with 5 batts and 7k of power and he demos at IDLE for 30+ minutes at time because he's F'ing deaf //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[SWFL 10+ year member]

then find a pulley thats smaller than stock...

I love having a f150 i got a edge programmer can up my idle by 300rpms engine that is, goes up by 100rpms so i can idle around 950 in drive and 1050 in park if i need to ha or lower

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

in park or drive?

park

my avalanche sits right around 800

 

[clouduz 10+ year member]

if i keep it revved at 800 i tend to lose about .1 mpg a day //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif 700 doen't see a difference but still can't use a/c at idle without voltage dropping. Stock idle = 90 amp mechman = 60 idle online service book says i need minimum 90 at idle, but they said no refund b/c mine is special order what kinda shit is that? not my fault they didn't do research to see how much i NEED at idle. I was under the impression it was going to be 150 @ idle at least that's what i was emailed

 

[NoPh33rRaCiNg 10+ year member]

doesnt dc give you smaller pulley so they have more idle, mechman is stock pulley still has good idle numbers, if you put a smaller pulley on that youd have even better?