(PICTURES!)Big 3 Done Today but . . . Still Weak? HELP!!! (Alt?)

[systembumping 10+ year member]

It's not supposed to be on 18??? What are you running?

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[systembumping 10+ year member]

NVM how many watts does that amp do at the ohm it is wired?

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

check with a DMM

 

[btlking 10+ year member]

thats where mine sits but idk

 

[slikrider20 10+ year member]

is that a camaro

 

[slikrider20 10+ year member]

I have my big 3 done in 1/0 in my camaro. My batt gauge is lucky to be as high as yours, when the bass hits, sometimes it drops to the red. But i got my battery tested and its only putting out 490 cold crankin amps....so i'm probably going to go with a yellow top like you.

 

[Expy2K 10+ year member]

Where's the rest of the engine?

ha ha ha

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[slikrider20 10+ year member]

Hard tellin, i just got a factory replacement alt here not to long ago, i still get dimming like a *****, but i think my bad battery has something to do with that.

BTW - camaro's **** for bass heads. other wise i'd be running 2 fully loaded BTL's now probably. But you can't even get a 15 in there with proper air space..but they're easy to get loud..

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I don't see the problem. The guage is hsowing that the electrical is sitting at around 14V. This is right where you DO want it.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

i know its a totally different car and different setup, but i have the stuff thats in my sig on my all stock electrical system and dont get any dimming until like 75% volume. and thats with probably a 75 amp alt in the talon

 

[Smitherines]

Don't give our cars that much credit mazdakid, I have a 92 talon tsi awd and we only have 65amp alternators, unless we take a 90 from a GVR4. I definitely get dimming at idle, and when the junky bass hits whilst at cruising speeds, the HU will dim very little. And thats considering that I have 4 speakers on the front channel of the HU, but I have the f/b bias at 4/6.

Off topic, but do you do any performance work to your DSM?

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

Comaros can use a standard small case GM alternator right? HO alts for thoes things are cheap.

However your voltage looks perfectly fine.

 

[slikrider20 10+ year member]

iraggi quoted me a 200amp alt for my camaro...not cheap...like almost 400 bucks i think.

 

[Frankensuby 10+ year member]

Aren't their places where you can get your stock alternator rewound for higher outputs?