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What would be the difference between an aftermarket HO alternator by Ohio Generator or Stinger that needs a special braket to fit my car (94 Honda Accord) and a stock HO alternator made for a chevy, Dodge or whatever I can find that has ~150A or higher?
Seems like the aftermarket alternator needs a special braket, just like the stock would need, and the aftermarket would need a special wire harness to mate the alternator to my factory harness, just like the stock.
The only difference I see is the price, and maybe the pulley type, but I could always pull the pulley off of my alternator and put it on the stock one.
Am I missing something? Has anyone done this?
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i guess no one on here has that kind of car and has done that. email dominick@tds.net and see what he has to say about it.
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Hi I would choose the stock high output alt because many aftermarket HO alt need more rpms to reach their 'high output, sometimes pumping less power at idle than your stock alt! I would ask Dominic too but describing the whole scenario, that is: daily driver/spl competition car, music/power preferences, power wiring, amp number usw...
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I've been wondering the sam,e thing too...I have a 93 Accord- probably the same motor and alt as yours.
Dom, I'll email you with a few questions...also, I'm goin to be out that way in Feb, any way to pick an alt up while I'm out there- will be in Nashville for a MERA seminar.
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Hi As 'many aftermarket alts' I was refering to those rewound alts that need smaller pulleys to keep a decent output at idle... A question Dom: Is it recommended to run a externally regulated alt to set it at f.e. 16 volt for spl comps? Is an inline resistance in the sensing wire enough to bump this voltage up for ocasional competing? What value resistance would you recommend or is there something as a 'dial-in' voltage regulator? Thanks in advance
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Does anyone know what a good stock alternator would be?
I guess the only requirement is it just needs to fit in the area allowed for the alternator right? I just make a wiring harness and braket and its basically the same as getting an Ohio generator at 1/4 the cost?
Anyone have a favotite brand like Bosch or AC Delco?
Winslow: I have a 94 LX which is non-VTEC. I know you have a 93 but I dont remember if you have LX or EX but it should be the same thing. The only difference I can think of between our cars will be the harness. Ill let you know how it turns out after I find the ALT I want to use and figure out how to put it in.
Any other information would be greatly appreciated.
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Not all high output alts have poor idle. low output at idle = bad design or a very high max...
If your running 12 volt batteries the adjustable regulator will probably not help that much...unless you have very little current draw and the alt can handle it by itself. The adj reg is a much better and reliable regulator...
I dont recommend the resistor trick..its pretty hard on a stock regulator. The also dont react very fast to the load like an external or heavy duty regulator does.
An external adjustable regulator will allow you to dial your voltage in to whatever you want.
thanks, Dom
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spler, i do what your talking about to my alt with a pot. and it works fine, but like dom said, i don't have a major current draw. i usually run it at a mid 16 to high 16 for comps and it works just fine, so far, lol. just to throw that out there for ya.
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Hi dom What value resistor would it be if installed with a conventional solid state external regulator? (just a starting point) I have no adjustable external regulators around... and ih What value pot is it? Thanks in advance
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