[brucepick]

Considering the effort in removing + replacing the belt, I plan on leaving mine assembled. But I'm considering sorting out which of the four small wires in the connector can be severed to disable the alt and then rig a switch and/or relay to control it.

Most Hondas use a unique "ELD" circuit to control the alt; I read something indicating I might need to actually ground one of those wires - but I'm not betting on it.

Anyway, I plan to leave it assembled. For flat-out mpg competition, one might remove the whole thing, but it needs to be fully charged and your range is limited to how much of a charge you can load into your battery.