<VV> High Capacity Alternators

Daniel Monasterio González dmonasterio at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 4 20:47:36 EST 2015


Jim,

If it were my UltravanŠI'd use the 74 Amp. Alternator and triple battery
capacity.

Just my opinion.

Daniel Monasterio

On 04/11/15 19:16, "Jim Davis via VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
wrote:

>If you had a Corvair powered UltraVan, you would understand the need for
>a 140 amp alternator.  The frig and ice maker alone draw 60 amps.
>Jim Davis
>
>
>  On 11/4/2015 7:04 PM, hallgrenn via VirtualVairs wrote:
>>      
>> ,,,,,Unless you've got a car amp/speaker setup designed to rock the
>>world why would you need an alternator with more than 70 to 80 amps
>>common to GM cars of the 70s.  Larger capacity also means more load on
>>the engine when charging.
>> Bob Hall
>>
>>
>> Sent on the new Sprint Network from my Samsung Galaxy S®4
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Frank DuVal via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Date: 11/04/2015  7:22 PM  (GMT-05:00)
>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re:  Autozone alternators
>>
>> Quadruple? You might be overstating your case. Double I would believe.
>> Stock: 37 amp
>> Double: 74 amp
>> Quadruple: 148 amp
>>
>> Not many 70s/80s Chevys had 150 amp alternators.
>>
>> Frank Duvall
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