ok tell me this

[tonkpils 10+ year member]

ok so i have put in an optima yellow top and did the big 3,,but my lights still dim,,its not like i have that much going,,just a jl a1800 and jl a2150,,i also have a 2 farad cap,,so can anyone tell me why my lights still dim?

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[TIeclipseMOJO 10+ year member]

really small stock alt?

 

[StealthKill 10+ year member]

Slipknot pwns //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[tonkpils 10+ year member]

i dunno,,its a factory alt on a 99 olds alero..and slipknot is the shit!!!

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

might have something to do with your exhaust system. id start from there and work your way out.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Alternator.

nG

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

might have something to do with your exhaust system. id start from there and work your way out.

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Exhaust would affect his headlights either dimming or not exactly how?!?

 

[tonkpils 10+ year member]

might have something to do with your exhaust system. id start from there and work your way out.

wtf that got to do with my electrical?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gifExhaust would affect his headlights either dimming or not exactly how?!?

exhaust system inefficiencies can cause a chain reaction back up through the motor, sort of like trying to blow up an air mattress while having your morbidly obese friend jump on it.

its simple dynamics of making horsepower. the more air you can take in, and the faster you can push it out, the more horsepower you make. same thing in reverse. cant get the exhaust out, goes into the motor, motor has to work harder, thus requiring more power from your battery and electrical system, thus being directly related your headlight dimming.

and i base this on absolutely nothing.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

exhaust system inefficiencies can cause a chain reaction back up through the motor, sort of like trying to blow up an air mattress while having your morbidly obese friend jump on it.

You have really, really strange ways of killing time when you're bored. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

its simple dynamics of making horsepower. the more air you can take in, and the faster you can push it out, the more horsepower you make. same thing in reverse. cant get the exhaust out, goes into the motor, motor has to work harder, thus requiring more power from your battery and electrical system, thus being directly related your headlight dimming.
and i base this on absolutely nothing.

At least this bit is honest //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[tonkpils 10+ year member]

ok anyways,,where is a good place for a beefed up alt?

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

You have really, really strange ways of killing time when you're bored. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif
At least this bit is honest //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

im supposed to be writing an english paper due tomorrow afternoon..im just wasting time so i dont have to do it..

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

the alternator store?

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

ok anyways,,where is a good place for a beefed up alt?

Do a search.

There are several places to get them online.

Another possibility is to see if you have any auto electric rebuilders in your area.

Rather than buying an HO alternator from a retailer I had mine beefed up by a local rebuilder and saved a ton over what it would have been from somewhere like MeanGreen, IraggiAlternator, etc.

 

[lrgnation 10+ year member]

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