RE: Re: Info please: smaller alternator pulley?

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (fasstdak@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun May 15 2005 - 16:49:05 EDT


Yup...wrote that quite a few years ago. :)

- Bernd

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Bill S.
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 1:19 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Info please: smaller alternator pulley?

On Sun, 15 May 2005 03:01:21 -0400, rwerning@wi.rr.com ("Rich
Werning") wrote:
>
>""Bill S."" <kb7vkl@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:miod811l2itucpeke4eunjmasucff99ssb@4ax.com...
>>
>> A while back I read that installing a smaller alternator pulley on my
>> '04 3.9 Dak will increase alternator output at lower speeds and apply
>> less load to the engine. The author of the claim said that it's as
>> easy as switching from my OEM pulley to a later model pulley. Can
>> anyone here verify that and maybe provide a part number for the later
>> pulley that would work?
>
>I can't speak from experience (yet), cause I haven't added this to my
>05 Dak yet, but from my research it does seem to help. I've been
>looking at http://www.rpmoutlet.com/dodgedasp.htm , but I know that
>SoCalDakota also sells them -
>http://www.socaldakota.com/performance_mopar_dakotadurangoram_engine_as
>ppulleys.html

The mod that I couldn't remember was from "Speedtweaks Tips And Tricks.pdf"
and I found it again last night. It deals with changing only the alternator
pulley on '92-'96 Daks (2.85") to a '87-'02 Dak pulley (2.47").

Thanks for the effort.

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1994 Dak, V6, AT, AC, all stock for now
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