Stock honda Civic 1.5 non-vtech

[mulisharider10 10+ year member]

This is the last question for now. I have a lanzar 1500d and i want to put it into my honda hatchback. I want to know if my car could handle it for a few months at like half throttle or so.(amp not turned up all the way, like half way)

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[paul83085 10+ year member]

size of the alt??

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

Dimmage.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

Originally posted by Mark_ab Dimmage.

i concur...most hondas have a very small stock alt...something like 60 or 70 ampers.....i'd definatly suggest getting your at replaced or at least rewound......

 

[mulisharider10 10+ year member]

where do you get them rewound and how much does it cost, and what will it do. Or , do u guys know where to by a high output alt. for around 200 dollars.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

usually your local alt shop can get them rewound.....it generally cost between $1-$3/ amper.....basicly the take the alt apart and upgrade the internals so that it puts out more power.....as for the high output alt... http://www.mralternator.com

 

[mulisharider10 10+ year member]

will rewinding the alt. make it less dependeble or even unsafe. also, if i get it rewound, wht will the amps be on an average rewind job for an alt. And at those amps, will the volts stay the same or will they increse, bc i dont want them to.

 

[i3abyjay25 10+ year member]

what year is your civic.. i found an alternator off eba.. it said it was a 150 amp alt for 150$ i went and had it tested and it was 180 amps... so chk here http://search.ebay.com/ws/search/SaleSearch?satitle=alternator+civic&ht=2&sosortproperty=1&from=R10&BasicSearch=

 

[mulisharider10 10+ year member]

also, if i were to get a new battery to go under the hood, should i get a yellow top or red top optima.

 

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

Red Top for your starting battery, Yellow Top for an accessory, stereo-dedicated battery.

You can also talk to Dominick Iraggi (dominick@tds.net) about an alt, I got a 200amp alt from him for $289

 

[mulisharider10 10+ year member]

but i only want one battery, and thats to go under the hood. Rad or yellow?oh, and my car is a 93 hatchback

 

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

Red

 

[i3abyjay25 10+ year member]

Red is for primary engine.. but.. Hondas have a smaller size battery...and i dont know if Optima makes the red top for the civics but i have seen the civic yellow tops....theirs a guy on here that either works for Optima or has something t do w/ Optima.. try to find his thread and talk w/ him...

 

[60_cent 10+ year member]

With very little modifcation you can take an alternator off of an newer model V6 Honda Accord to put on your car. Not sure how many amps in puts out but surely much better than stock. You can probably get one from the junk yard cheap.

 

[Matador 10+ year member]

newer V6 Honda Accord puts out 130A i believe, or 100A, forget, but somewhere between them too.

Civics put out 70A i believe.

i dunno the specs for the lanzar, but if it draws a lot of current then yes u 'lll need to upgrade.

just hook the amp up, and see how much dimamge u get.