Well, our alternators are putting out 1200 watts, which means that the guys with 800 rms setups are either being robbed of potential power, having their car die a lot, or or their alternator is goign to fry shortly. Has anyone upgraded their alternator yet? I believe I read about summit racing's alternator that is rated at 150 amps (as opposed to our ~80 amp rating amp).

Has anyone upgraded yet? Experience?

 

shush...don't say bad things...

althgouh, yes...i was worried i fried my alternator running 2k+ one day...really need a bigger one.

 

Yea, ours is now whinning. I called this week to see the cost of getting it rewound. $75 est, but wanted to see it to see what they can get out of it.

 

i started a thread for High Output Alternators for the xA/xB 1.5L
I found a company that could custom make 180A at idle and stay cool doing it--longer life than rewound
the problem with everyone was the price
mind you, i did a whole lot of shopping around
and these guys wanted to do this to kick start this market and make new things available that are not now
http://www.highoutputalternator.com/index.htm

 

well, well, well. I like it.

 

www.excessiveamperage.com is another place to check out custom high output alternators.

 

i checked out Ohio generator which is a big custom alternator shop. I was told that the alternator that we have uses flat wire instead of round like most others so they didnt have an upgrade available at the time. I definetely need to look into an upgrade if its possible since i'll be pulling at least 160 amps with my system.

 

It's good to see others are aware of this "problem" and are looking for viable uprades. Keep us updated on the upgrading brush possibility or other manufacturers looking to make bigger alternators.

 

<---Totally aware
Both my xtant's can draw 50A each
stock alt will not last long with that load

 

Mine basically dead... Car wont charge barely n e more... when car comes to idle must step on gas in order for car to stay running... if idle it stats to boggle and die...Anyone know how much amp min for alternator I need if I run 2500watt amp powering 2 L7 15"?

 

ah... ok.. finally at the current bottom of this thread... confirmed what I was thinking this thread was about.... higher output alternators for those that have high power demand audio/video systems.