<VV> High Capacity Alternators

MarK Durham 62vair at gmail.com
Wed Nov 4 22:49:56 EST 2015


While I had a 63 amp alt on my em, I ran it through a 40 amp fuse which
never blew under any load.
Mark Durhan
On Nov 4, 2015 5:04 PM, "hallgrenn via VirtualVairs" <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> 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
>
> -------- 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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