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bing
01-24-2002, 09:36 PM
what size is the s13 alternator, is it 90<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>

i want to upgrade i think, how much will it cost, how much bigger should i go???
misnomer
01-25-2002, 12:54 AM
Dunno much on the alternator specs. You only need to go bigger though if you plan on dropping a hugeass stereo in there. . .
bing
01-25-2002, 10:49 AM
well i am upgrading my stereo very soon, and i want to get a cap, but i think i'm making my alternator work way too hard, and it may account for some of my terrible gas mileage...

upgrading wouldnt be a bad idea anyways... or maybe just a real good battery, maybe thats the way to go actually
S13Grl
01-25-2002, 11:02 AM
You could also get those &quot;batteries&quot;, or whatever it is they're really called. They always have a beautiful girl in their advertisements in SCC magazine or something. Know what I'm talking about?
bing
01-25-2002, 07:32 PM
no, are you in the ad???

oh i hope my girlfriend doesnt see that
idunit
01-25-2002, 09:23 PM
90 amp is the biggest you can get without making a custom bracket and mounting an additional one on a different part of the motor. &nbsp;How much power are you running? &nbsp;Actaully a better question is what amp(s) are you running. &nbsp;A cap may be enough or you may need a battery. &nbsp;I have some SVR sealed gel cell batteries that I use. &nbsp;They are the best ones on the market. &nbsp;I've used stinger, optima, and the svr's and the svr's have the most power of any of them.
gh6o6
01-25-2002, 10:30 PM
hum- if at idle, you dont have enough power, raise the idle. if your drawing too much from the battery, get an amp battery (maybe several) so you have the extra power on tap
bing
01-25-2002, 10:46 PM
right now i'm running 3 coustic amps, and i listen pretty, loud all the time...

but i'm deadening my trunk, and adding 4 tweets and new mids, and still running with the battery it came with, i thought maybe i was making my alternetor work too hard, but i'll just get a better battery, i guess that'll do it... and i can pick up a cheap cap when one comes into work..
240sxracer
01-29-2002, 02:43 PM
what is a cap? what does it do?
kikz19
01-29-2002, 03:53 PM
What is the possibility of running two optima yellow tops off one alternater