gm electrical?

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

i have a 70amp alt in my civic //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

actually just about all the american cars have pretty good electrical. Go get a hyundai or volkswagon which has a 80 amp alt that does about half that at idle then come back here and ***** about american cars having bad electrical. You also have to understand that manufacturers put the bare minimum in the car that it needs to run. American made cars give you a little extra but not imports.
edit, it was a ****en escort, what really did you expect?

i would have to agree imports have the worst electrical way worse than american made ... my car came stock with a 120a alt stock and a dam beefy electrical system ... also complaining bout an escourts electrical is your first problem .. hell it prolly doesnt even have 50lbs of metal in that car lol

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

i would have to agree imports have the worst electrical way worse than american made ... my car came stock with a 120a alt stock and a dam beefy electrical system ...

mine has a 120amp too, cant say much for the 8awg factory wires though but of course that is all upgraded, shit I work at a Dodge dealership, the new minivand have 180amp alts, not huge compared to a HO alt but HUGE compared to most factory alts.

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

its a oem 75 amp alt. it tested to be ok my whole charging sytem came back fine. Yea its a escort not the best but its geting me to were i got to go. Im gona do some wire up grades well see what happens

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

what do u do at dodge

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

with big3 you should have got a AGM battery up front and another in the back, after that you 'should' be OK with that amp

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

what do u do at dodge

sell parts

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

ok cool job. i got the durlast gold its a good starter batt. i can allways add another batt . ill see what happens soon.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

youll probably still see some voltage drop with a small alt like that so I rubbed the crystal ball and forsee another battery in your future

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

thank you do u see me wireing it up and everything bein A ok lol. yea i might do a yellow top in the back with my durlast gold .

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

im sure it will be better but i bet at night you are gonna see the headlights dim. I personally think yellowtops are overpriced, there are other batteries out there. I personally like Deka Intimidators, or if you have a Car Quest near by get a NGT Extreme which is a relabled Deka

edit- I picked up a http://www.remybattery.com/Products/Deka-Intimidator-Battery---9A78DT__9A78DT.aspx across town for $120 from a local battery store that is a Deka dealer, thats what I have underhood, none in the back right now, I get some voltage drops with my headlights and foglights on slightly below 12v, Im runnin 1600w but have a class a/b amp so its a current hog though

 

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

why most gm electrical ****?i have a ford and it sucks my last car a buick it was bad to . these cars cant even handle 600 rms of there stock electrical. from what i read on the net the big 3 helps the gm cars so much . there trucks oem stock set up is pretty good. any one think there is some truth to this that the big 3 helps the gm pretty good

Yes we are suppose to design electrical systems in vehicles for the less then 1% population who wants to run excessive audio equipment.

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

i got a ford with a 130amp alt and no big 3 done since i didnt have enough wire after today, and i have a gold duralast upfront and a stinger spv70 in the back and at idle full tilt with lights on and ac i am getting around 12.7volts in the rear battery and thats running 2200rms

will do big 3 in a week or so

 

[Saint211 10+ year member]

Yes Deka intimidators seem like a good deal. 100 amp hours for ~200 shipped on the internet. Closest thing is Kinetik 1400 for ~210-260 shipped on the internet or 229 from the absolute cheapest local dealer.

Im gonna invest in a few dekas and whatever fits in the front.