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Old 07-20-2014, 05:41 AM   #119 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
I have been wondering how difficult/expensive it would be to modify the alternator to output 14v. Perhaps it would be as easy as installing a power diode in series with the alternator.
I am guessing this would only work within a certain RPM range? I say this because after installing an under drive crank pulley, my alternator's output is about a volt lower (just by reading the AeroForce gauge) at idle. Could the voltage output be adjusted higher? Or could one of these capacitor banks hold the voltage up at a stoplight...long enough until the engine went off idle?
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