i have a 1928 dodge senior six street rod which is all mopar under the sheetmetal, 318,904 83/4 rear. my problem is added a/c unit from southern air which is supposedly pulling35amps all by itself. current alt. is not powerful enough. puts out 14.2 volts ok, but only63 amps.with lights and a/c and am/fm radio on car will cut out
just too much of aload. couple of things i have been told so far is thatamp meter from donor dodge ,69-70 charger will only handle approx.35 amps thru it before frying it. this info came from several good streetrod parts suppliers and i
dont see any reason to doubt them. a couple of suggestions for curing said problem so i can run 100 amp alt. have been swap gauge for 1 marked 60-0-60 gauge currently reads 40-0-40 when and what where these used in? other possible solution was to run 2 4awg rated wires from b post on alt. directly to battery ,giving electrons easier path to follow. suppoedly gauge will flicker as it charges or discharges, but will keep from frying gauge. by the way am using cluster that came fom 69-79 charger w/ 318 and auto w/a/c... doner car only had 53 amp. alt.also noted talk about hooking up 2 field alts. i only have one field connection plugged in was told by alt. repair shop to use either one. should i hook up second one and if so why? sorry if this is too long a note, will try to keep it shorter next time tahanks for any help anyone can provide in this matter.