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Help: Alternator for my DC 5k
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<blockquote data-quote="mrclean636" data-source="post: 8105431" data-attributes="member: 636269"><p>Thank you [USER=616516]@martiandancer31[/USER] for your always superb help haha. You better be enjoying that alt btw!</p><p></p><p>[quote name='myjaja']I have the dc 270xp alternator in my honda and its amazing and built like a tank. The specs you posted on the iraggi alernator seems pretty good too for the price.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Yeah I am really liking the 270XP, it has super idle output, which for demo&#39;s and in city driving, I feel would be a great investment. </p><p></p><p>[quote name='Chriszle']Depends on how you listen to your music. Rarely am I sitting parked idling with my music turned up, I am not into competing. I turn it up while I&#39;m driving, so personally I would lean toward 370amp unit, price factor excluded. To me it is worth giving up 30 amps of alternator power at idle, to gain 100 @ ~2k rpm. I don&#39;t know if I could ever drop 800 on a single alternator however. I didn&#39;t mention the Iraggi because I would never buy an alt from him after what happened before.[/QUOTE]</p><p> </p><p>Yeah see I have a mix of city and thruway driving. And I get worried of my voltage at stop lights if I&#39;m beating on the system pretty good. On the thruway I am at about 1,600 - 1,800 rpm. In the city is is around 1,000 - 1,200 with the car idling down to 650 rpm. Not sure if to focus on the max or the idle... grrr wish this was easier. DC emailed me and said I should call them today about my options, so I will after work.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="mrclean636, post: 8105431, member: 636269"] Thank you [USER=616516]@martiandancer31[/USER] for your always superb help haha. You better be enjoying that alt btw! [quote name='myjaja']I have the dc 270xp alternator in my honda and its amazing and built like a tank. The specs you posted on the iraggi alernator seems pretty good too for the price.[/QUOTE] Yeah I am really liking the 270XP, it has super idle output, which for demo's and in city driving, I feel would be a great investment. [quote name='Chriszle']Depends on how you listen to your music. Rarely am I sitting parked idling with my music turned up, I am not into competing. I turn it up while I'm driving, so personally I would lean toward 370amp unit, price factor excluded. To me it is worth giving up 30 amps of alternator power at idle, to gain 100 @ ~2k rpm. I don't know if I could ever drop 800 on a single alternator however. I didn't mention the Iraggi because I would never buy an alt from him after what happened before.[/QUOTE] Yeah see I have a mix of city and thruway driving. And I get worried of my voltage at stop lights if I'm beating on the system pretty good. On the thruway I am at about 1,600 - 1,800 rpm. In the city is is around 1,000 - 1,200 with the car idling down to 650 rpm. Not sure if to focus on the max or the idle... grrr wish this was easier. DC emailed me and said I should call them today about my options, so I will after work. [/QUOTE]
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