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Old 07-19-2011, 04:52 PM   #41 (permalink)
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Ummm... mechanical loses from studies actually show mechanical loads only making up about 5 to 10% of the total load an alternator places on the engine.

I don't buy disconnecting the belt from the alternator getting someone %5 more mileage over a kill switch. The facts just don't support it.

Once again this is a thread on alternator modification and not an alternator disconnect, kill switch, or solar augmentation. There are other threads on ecomodder for that.

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