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Re: Converting a 12 volt battery to 16 volt
[Re: Sammy]
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02/22/19 11:57 AM
02/22/19 11:57 AM
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Unless they're going to add 2 cells, it's a transformer.
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Re: Converting a 12 volt battery to 16 volt
[Re: Sammy]
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02/22/19 02:50 PM
02/22/19 02:50 PM
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Al_Alguire
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I assume you mean your alternator being converted to 16V from a 12V. I have done it both ways with an East Coast alternator. IMO just buy a new one and sell the 12V one. You end up in about the same place money wise.
"I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know."
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Re: Converting a 12 volt battery to 16 volt
[Re: Sammy]
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02/22/19 03:39 PM
02/22/19 03:39 PM
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16v battery, alternator, battery charger for the shop, and make sure everything in the car is compatible. A fairly sizable investment, but a good one if your program can benefit. Not worth it to a lot of people.
If the results don't match the theory, change the theory.
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Re: Converting a 12 volt battery to 16 volt
[Re: Sammy]
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02/22/19 05:07 PM
02/22/19 05:07 PM
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I did back to back tests on the same day back when I was running 8.40’s in my Daytona and saw nothing. And that was before I started running an alternator.
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Re: Converting a 12 volt battery to 16 volt
[Re: Sammy]
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02/22/19 05:49 PM
02/22/19 05:49 PM
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Al_Alguire
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I would not expect to find any performance gains going from 16 volt from 12, not even a consideration. Why would it be?? My stuff cranks faster, cools better/quicker and takes longer to get to temp with 16V than it did with a 12v. The reason I wont do anything but 16V in a racecar anymore. Our dragster has 16V with an alternator and never needs to see the charger. Cools down in just a few minutes and cranks like mad. Same with the Stratus, just one 6lb 16V lithium in it, cranks considerably faster than it did with a 16V AGM.
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