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Message started by Lee Motorsports 16 on 01/20/13 at 1:59pm

Title: Alternator ? Yes or no
Post by Lee Motorsports 16 on 01/20/13 at 1:59pm

I'm running the Kse tandem fuel pump, that's kinda what has keeper me from going to a alt. because not sure we're I would mount it.

What do ya think

Title: Re: Alternator ? Yes or no
Post by Missle Motorsports on 01/20/13 at 6:35pm

other than in a 200+ Lap Enduro Race, we have Never ran an Alternator

Title: Re: Alternator ?
Post by XMODRACER on 01/23/13 at 8:44am

he rick , some guys have done chassis dyno testing on alternators/no alternator , found that even with the slightest voltage drop to the msd they lost @ 4 hp , then put the alternator on ( lil one wire guy) and kept constant peak voltage , and never lost any horse power not even from the alt , again very small alt , maybe 3-4" dia,one wire
;)

Title: Re: Alternator ? Yes or no
Post by chevy68pickup on 01/23/13 at 9:04am

when you run a alternator you dont have to charge your battery at all. I have always ran one and never had a problem.

Title: Re: Alternator ? Yes or no
Post by Andrew on 01/23/13 at 3:16pm

When I ran my mod, I wasn't running an alt... It was a pain in the ars... just one more thing to do. If I had it to do all over, I'd have mounted one on the diff nose. Oh ya, One race my battery took a dump... only had 8 or 10 volts at the end of the night. Wouldn't have mattered if I were running an alt. Every mini stock I've run has had an alt on the motor. Don't plan on changing any time soon.

Title: Re: Alternator ? Yes or no
Post by jp80 on 01/29/13 at 6:59pm

no, never used one never had a problem