Its taken me 4 yrs & 66k miles & 1.5kws to officially destroy my oem alternator. I need suggestions for an 01 dc2 gsr alternator that will power a system no less than 2000 watts. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

have u thought about getting that alternator rebuilt with a higher output?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ap716 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">have u thought about getting that alternator rebuilt with a higher output?</TD></TR></TABLE>


Who can do that sort of job? Is it reliable?


Modified by tweekerz at 7:31 AM 6/15/2005

 

Check at your local alt. shops, they can tell you how much bigger, [more output] the stock alt. can be rewound to, it's about 10%, maybe a little more, it's limited by the case size, they will also have "bigger" alt. in stock, don't forget an amp that is 1000 watts RMS with 50% efficiency draws about 160A at peak output, [not all the time, probably averages less then half of that, depends on how loud you play it] your going to need a 200A or bigger alt., if you want it to keep up with a 2000 watt system 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Check at your local alt. shops, they can tell you how much bigger, [more output] the stock alt. can be rewound to, it's about 10%, maybe a little more, it's limited by the case size, they will also have "bigger" alt. in stock, don't forget an amp that is 1000 watts RMS with 50% efficiency draws about 160A at peak output, [not all the time, probably averages less then half of that, depends on how loud you play it] your going to need a 200A or bigger alt., if you want it to keep up with a 2000 watt system 94</TD></TR></TABLE>

i figured that all along, with the 200amp+ alts. does anyone have experience, or recomendations of alternators with this capacity?

 

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Ohio Generator. Top notch quality, build and output. Great guys and warranty as well, they take care of their customers and have been in the business for a long time now.

 

Just received my alternator from alterstart in the mail. Looks mighty nice. Won't be installed for about 2 weeks but, they cleaned it up real nice, re-built it to 150 A and they also give a test sheet with it showing the amount of amps produced at the rpm intervals.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sopiwnykg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just received my alternator from alterstart in the mail. Looks mighty nice. Won't be installed for about 2 weeks but, they cleaned it up real nice, re-built it to 150 A and they also give a test sheet with it showing the amount of amps produced at the rpm intervals.</TD></TR></TABLE>

How much did it set you back?

 

$259 USD shipped up to Canada.