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by **mikechec9** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:02 pm

lotas wrote: I'd stay away from Iraggi, i've been reading a lot of horror stories.

not good. i get my ride out the shop this wk end and i have an irragi alt just put in. it's an amputator model w/an automatic one year warranty. i paid an additional bill for the lifetime warranty.
according to dominic, he builds the warranted alts better than the rest with better parts, because he doesn't want to have to go through the hassle of replacing them. guess he doesn't have that issue w/those w/out warranty (grimy philosophy).
do you think this horror story business will apply to my situation?

by **kevinberry1** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:20 am

sinister audio wrote:i get my high out alternators from h-oalternators.com i think thats the website but i get them cheaper for being a dealer.

I checked the website and it appears that you have to be a dealer to purchase directly from them.

The one Justin posted a link to looks like they only make them for domestic vehicles.

by **sinister audio** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:21 am

i get my high out alternators from h-oalternators.com i think thats the website but i get them cheaper for being a dealer.

by **lotas** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:09 am

yeah like Justin said, 105 amps is nothing. That's probably at about 2000rpm, too. My stock Honda one was 90amps. My Excessive Amperage alt is around 100amp at idle, and 180 at 1800rpm. There might be an Excessive Amperage group buy going on right now at caraudio.com or one of those forums. I'd check it out. I got my 180amp alt for $260 shipped, with 6month warranty. I'd stay away from Iraggi, i've been reading a lot of horror stories.

by **Minorthreat412** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:10 am

thanx a lot that helped tremendously =)

by **Justin from Detroit1** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:52 am

That is hardly more then stock. A higher one needs to be made. Check out http://www.motorcityreman.com they make HO alternators.

by **Minorthreat412** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:15 am

all of this gives me kind of information i dont know what to do with. Theres an alternator in jegs that I'm looking at. The cheapest one is 105 amps or something. Is that relatively close to what I'm looking for?

by **GlassWolf** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:56 pm

yes but that's not factoring in amplifier efficiency
then add your stock alternator's rating to that figure as well.

by **Justin from Detroit1** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:42 pm

Well, divide it by 13 or 13.5 to give a more realistic rating. Alternator is only used when car is running, and a running car is generally 13v+

by **mikechec9** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:29 am

i was taught to divide the number of watts to the sub(s) by the voltage (12).
could be mistaken, but it has applied thus far.

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