alternator setup

[shovel52]

I am ready to get going on this but I keep thinking about what happens when you get it tuned and are ready to install on the vehicle, seems that you are going to have to start from square one again. are there any low amp dc motors available that you might be able to run from a seperate battery? or are you talking about going to the electronic alternator when it's time to install the cell?

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shovel52

I plan on just installing another alternator on my car. Two  alternators setup,  let my stock one do what it's so posed to, And another one for my system.

Spike

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 Just thinking out loud here.  The Nascar boys run the alternator off the Driveshaft, NOT the engine.

  On another unrelated forum, a guy in Australia builds Turbos for engines. HE says alternators run off the driveshaft doesn't pull on the engine near as much as engine mounted would

  What say ye, Lads   Them Nascar boys save every bit of hosspower ??

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Maybe so, but they don't have stop and go traffic.

But if you were using it to power a battery bank, hum

Spike

[shovel52]

Bare with me, doesn't the alternator have to turn at the exact rpm? To run it off of anything but a set voltage or rpm would be difficult wouldn't it ?

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shovel52

If you ran it into a battery bank, It wouldn't matter. Because you would be using the battery  or batteries as a buffer. Therefore you could maintain your voltage and amps from the batteries. And maintain the charge with the alternator.

Spike

[shovel52]

Thats interesting,  I sure would like to get some more info. on that cause Id like to get started. Is this something you could explain, or shoot me in that direction? The batteries would have to take on the same charge wouldnt they?  What kind of batteries?

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Shovel52

You can even do you bench tests with batteries. But for a car aplication, I would use yellow top optima's, or something in that line.

Spike