Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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Seems like amperage is like money.(there's NEVER enough).
I bought a Powermaster rated @90A and still loose a little ground @idle. Of course my load combined is 46 amps and I have an underdrive pulley. The alt has been measured @ 90 amps when the engine revs some. In your case the under drive may be the reason you still have a idle issue.. if you had the stock rpm ratio it would most likely take care of it.. they still need to turn X rpms at idle to have a positive output(that will exceed your total draw) EDIT I can see a fluctuation at idle if the fan kicks on and it has a rpm drop(before the AIS kicks it back up so that can last maybe a second
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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How much do these Toyota alternators weigh?
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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I checked the 14611 on the bag, $63 so not a bad price. It looked like all of them were set up for a ribbed belt. Where can you get the correct pulley? I made my pulley but I'm sure that someone sells the pulley... I wanted a deep pulley
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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How much do these Toyota alternators weigh? Well I'm at work here in the Toyota shop and I just threw a pick-up alternator on the scale and it weighs almost 10 pounds. Some are lighter but this one is a 90 amp 2000 Tacoma alternator. Gus
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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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.aspxI 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?
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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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.aspxI 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? The 85 amp Denso I run does it without issue
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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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.aspxI 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.
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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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.aspxI 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? I ran an HHR fan,electric water pump,fuel pump, lights,and my MSD ignition and the volts dropped to 13.5 at 900 RPM with the brakes on at a light. That was with the 60 amp unit that I pulled of a cash for clunkers car 8 years ago. This conversion is the best update you can do for your car. Just imagine sitting at a light and your head lights don't dim like a pee-hole in a snow bank. The one thing I do strongly suggest is that you go with a factory Denso re-man unit over a P.O.S. Ebay junker. I have never had a problem with Denso rebuilt parts but I have seen dozens of cheapo re-builds crap out or not work at all. Gus
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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Mine`s a v-belt from Kragens and would rather buy locally w/a warranty than on line but that`s just me........... Same here, I had one go out and got a free replacement from autozone. The first one only lasted about 8k but maybe it's due to the 6,500rpm shifts or heat.
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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Screw saving a few bucks cos when I try that it bites me so I buy where I shop locally and NO questions asked..........
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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Rock auto has them with a V groove pully
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img]31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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Screw saving a few bucks cos when I try that it bites me so I buy where I shop locally and NO questions asked.......... You are not alone!
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Re: Toyota Alternator Upgrade
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if you can deal with only 60 amps then look up the part number for something like an 85 toyota pickup, it will have a v groove pulley. rockauto is a good place to get the part number.
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