Re: RE: ASP vs. March

From: John Burgan (jgburgan@radicus.net)
Date: Thu Jun 03 2004 - 20:48:29 EDT


As a matter of fact, I think the smaller diameter March pulley that I sold
Jon Steiger was for a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

-John

>
> Or....just install the alternator from a Jeep into the Gen-III Dak -
better
> output than the "High Output" that is an option for the Dakota's. If
you're
> running an older - Gen-II - Dakota, install the alternator pulley from a
> '97+ model as they're smaller and do provide a slight boost on idle
charging
> rate.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
> jon@dakota-truck.net
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:19 AM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: ASP vs. March
>
>
>
> "James Calder" <jCalder3@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
> : A higher output alternator will not help your charge at idle. They
still
> : need to spin up at the same rpm's as the smaller ones to start a full
> : charge. I have a 160 amp alternator and it doesn't help my idle charge
> : problem.
> : James C
>
>
> That's true, especially with older alternators. Newer ones have
> better abilities at idle than the older units did though, and I
> believe there are some things that can be done with the windings
> and such when building (or re-building) an alternator to increase
> the output at idle. An "inexpensive" alternator, even though it might be
> rated higher, probably needs to be spun to a higher RPM to
> see the same charge that a more expensive alterator would
> generate lower in the RPM range.
>
> Something that helped out with my truck was using a smaller pulley on
the
> alternator to speed it up at idle. Its a tiny little thing -
> I'm not sure who made it, I got it from John Burgan a few years ago. It
did
> a good job of curing my charging woes at idle that were
> caused by the underdrive pullies I installed.
>
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
> .-- Jon Steiger ---- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com --.
> | 1970 Barracuda - 1990 Dakota 'vert - 1992 Ram 4x4 - 1996 Dakota |
> | 1996 Intruder 1400 - 1996 Kolb FireFly - 2001 Ram QC 3500 CTD |
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>



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