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Chris "drooze" Wertman · 03-01-2010, 01:17 AM

Ok well, being cheap (yeah Im cheap) on the alternator is a pain, these coils (all 8 of em) are eating the power

Draw and charge concern me, I plan on "topping" off after every round but our logs show us the car is sucking all the juice from the 50 amp nipensendo unit it can make.

So, since I made 3123 with the car I am a little leary of adding another battery (I still need to drop 75 lbs or so from the car) and well.....

But at the same time spending $430 on a powermaster 150 dosent seem great if its going to slow me down more than the weight.

Just looking for opinions here on both a good choice (my bracket are already setup for the denso/nippensendo mini type) but people rework them.

And I never want to slow the car down by "pulling" to much alternator side. Is a second battery or a better alternator the way to go for the amps ?

03-01-2010, 01:17 AM	#1
Chris "drooze" Wertman VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Barberton Ohio Posts: 1,114 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Alternator choices Ok well, being cheap (yeah Im cheap) on the alternator is a pain, these coils (all 8 of em) are eating the power Draw and charge concern me, I plan on "topping" off after every round but our logs show us the car is sucking all the juice from the 50 amp nipensendo unit it can make. So, since I made 3123 with the car I am a little leary of adding another battery (I still need to drop 75 lbs or so from the car) and well..... But at the same time spending $430 on a powermaster 150 dosent seem great if its going to slow me down more than the weight. Just looking for opinions here on both a good choice (my bracket are already setup for the denso/nippensendo mini type) but people rework them. And I never want to slow the car down by "pulling" to much alternator side. Is a second battery or a better alternator the way to go for the amps ?