Originally Posted By Stanton
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Originally Posted By GY3
Originally Posted By 493_DART
I bought one of these kits for the stock alt. ---seems to work great



http://store.alternatorparts.com/ho7005-chrysler-square-back-alternator-80-amp-upgrade-kit-1.aspx


I need to do SOMETHING. I'm tired of the dim lights at idle. I'm not sure I want to rewire the whole dang car, though. The jumper from the alternator to the starter doesn't bother me but...


Dim lights at idle is the whole reason why I came up with the Denso swap kit years ago. The Mopar alternator is very lazy at idle while the Denso cranks out a bunch of amps. Just the difference that 50 years of R&D makes I guess. Plus the Denso alternator is 5 lbs less weight to drag around and it seems to be a very reliable design. My wife has more than 200K miles on her 4Runner and the alternator is still going strong.


So does this alternator have the balls to run an EFI pump, HHR fan, electronic ignition as well as lights, etc. ?? If not, what sort of amps would it take?


Well new cars have all of that and more and the OEM engineers don't seem to have any problems putting these Denso alternators on new cars. My wife's 4Runner even has heated seats and stuff like that which you aren't going to find in any muscle car.