I haven't found much of anything to do with this, mostly because everyone says it's easier to just buy a $500 mechman 220 amp HO alternator. Believe me I'm well aware that would be easier, but do I want to put something in my car that costs MORE than 1/3 of what I paid for it? No.


I've heard one way to do it is get rid of A/C, but I don't want to do that.

What about power steering, I don't care about that. I think I could fit an alternator right there in the front behind the driver side headlight and use the pulley for the power steering pump. Then I would just run a wire back to my amps completely separately. Total cost for alternator would be $35, I would also use an alternator from a Honda Odyssey giving 130 amps, similar size and the grooves I believe are the same but I can always switch the pulley with the correct one.

Only thing I'm not sure about, is the power steering pump pulley is huge, and using that size on an alternator would defeat the purpose of putting an alternator there in the first place (drastically reduced amperage). Think I could fit a belt in there somehow with the proper sized alternator pulley? I have the time, believe me, I do not however have the money to fork out for a car that I may not have a year from now.

I'm just looking for some thoughts from others. It sounds like a fun project to me and it would be cool to have I think, rather than do what everyone else does. If I could successfully do it, I would be satisfied if it took me even days just to say I did it. So please don't say just get a high output, I already am well aware that's an option for you rich men but I am a poor man with motivation of not having his door speakers cut out.

Any contributions are greatly appreciated, again I am kind of doing this for fun and just to see if I have the ability to actually make it happen.

 

One issue I forgot to also mention is with just running a direct wire to the amp battery there would be no voltage regulator then, any ideas for this like splicing from factory harness? Hence why I mentioned using a Honda Odyssey alternator from 00 as well.