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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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Question High Output Alternator

what up guys... tomorrow im going to get my alternator rebuilt into a high ouput 130 amp to get prepared for my 3 12" subs and 2 amps... would there be any problem if i have a 130 amp alternator running all stock equipment? ie.. power surge? or any other problems?
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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Several have used the highlander alternator which I believe is at least 130 if not more without reporting any problems, so i assume it would be okay. I been considering an upgrade as well due to my lights dimming everytime i bump.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 11:05 PM
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what year highlander?
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 07:40 AM
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Any year with the vz engine.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 07:44 AM
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So wait your rebuilding and not going with a Highlander one. So how much is this going to cost you?
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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a capacitor or two wont work?
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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its costing me about 100 dollars... hmm mayb i should have went with the highlander.. but yea im also gonna get a 4 farad cap
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 10:16 PM
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^Good price less than what the highlander one would have cost you.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by paintrain
a capacitor or two wont work?
A capacitor will not do anything that will help. Spend money on the alt.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:23 PM
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could always get a used alt from car-part.com . I considered trying this to see if it'd work, since its only around 50 bucks for a used one. So far, though, my stock alternator is working well as long as I don't have both amps at full power all the time
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 07:00 AM
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I've noticed that the capacitor will bring more punch to the audio, and maybe less stress on the battery, but dosen't help a whole lot with the dimming issues.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by jet_jockey
could always get a used alt from car-part.com . I considered trying this to see if it'd work, since its only around 50 bucks for a used one. So far, though, my stock alternator is working well as long as I don't have both amps at full power all the time
Yea i'm a huge fan of that site but doing a rebuild is basically giving him a new one and for $100 thats a steal.
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