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Car was dead this morning
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<blockquote data-quote="Jimmysidecarr" data-source="post: 5421161" data-attributes="member: 11681"><p>My alternator died too...</p><p></p><p>I'm putting on a 3.2 alt pulley to slow it down a little. My car sees a lot of high RPM usage. High 6s and 7k regularly.</p><p></p><p>The 289 Cobras and GT350s used to spit V belts off over 7k... we used to put bigger alternator pulleys on them too. They were only about 55 amps though... so that may be why I don't remember many alt failures... just slung belts.... in both drag cars and road racers.</p><p></p><p>I'm also going to put a couple extra ground wires on the engine... just because.</p><p></p><p>I seriously doubt we are looking at a drenched alternator issue here... or failures would tend to align themselves with rain events... which I have not been seeing. Plus I believe the alt is back too far to be affected by rain run off coming through the vents while parked.</p><p></p><p>At speed no significant amount of water is going to go though there because of the the air coming out off them. </p><p></p><p>I think they are just more of a grocery getter alternator than a racing one.</p><p></p><p>Just my humble opinion...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jimmysidecarr, post: 5421161, member: 11681"] My alternator died too... I'm putting on a 3.2 alt pulley to slow it down a little. My car sees a lot of high RPM usage. High 6s and 7k regularly. The 289 Cobras and GT350s used to spit V belts off over 7k... we used to put bigger alternator pulleys on them too. They were only about 55 amps though... so that may be why I don't remember many alt failures... just slung belts.... in both drag cars and road racers. I'm also going to put a couple extra ground wires on the engine... just because. I seriously doubt we are looking at a drenched alternator issue here... or failures would tend to align themselves with rain events... which I have not been seeing. Plus I believe the alt is back too far to be affected by rain run off coming through the vents while parked. At speed no significant amount of water is going to go though there because of the the air coming out off them. I think they are just more of a grocery getter alternator than a racing one. Just my humble opinion... [/QUOTE]
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