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Old 07-28-2018, 09:03 AM   #31
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If your engines only makes 140 HP you could lose 2-3 hundredths, if you're making 500 HP, not so much.
Had a El Camino 350 2 bbd, turn the AC on it would drop from 60 to 55 mph, with the 454 it never made a difference.
Another example, a grownup can pick up a 50 lb bad of feed, a 4 year can't. = HP
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Old 07-28-2018, 08:36 PM   #32
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If your engines only makes 140 HP you could lose 2-3 hundredths, if you're making 500 HP, not so much.
Had a El Camino 350 2 bbd, turn the AC on it would drop from 60 to 55 mph, with the 454 it never made a difference.
Another example, a grownup can pick up a 50 lb bad of feed, a 4 year can't. = HP
And, cut it off in an EFI car, injectors open slower, leans the car. I played with that on the car I race now. Even after I tuned the WOT air/fuel ratio, I found nothing. Put two 16 volt batteries in it, picked it up a couples hundredths, no alternator & belt in the way. Starts quicker. Has to be hotter spark & starter speed.
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Old 07-30-2018, 02:49 PM   #33
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Hi all,

Do you guys want to know a way that's so easy that a caveman could check an alternator for output??????
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Old 07-30-2018, 03:32 PM   #34
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Do you guys want to know a way that's so easy that a caveman could check an alternator for output??????
Like maybe touching the case with steel bar screwdriver?
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Like maybe touching the case with steel bar screwdriver?
I guess that you're an old guy using old guy tricks???
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Old 07-31-2018, 09:05 AM   #36
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Thanks. I didn't know I was old until you told me. LOL. My pops and brother were into the auto elec rebuilding business and I guess my brain retained some of their knowledge.
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