alternator, anything i should know?
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Topic: alternator, anything i should know?
Posted By: choover567
Subject: alternator, anything i should know?
Date Posted: August 26, 2005 at 4:26 PM
i have a 1991 toyota 4runner with factory alternator, im gonna put in a 170amp new alternator. is there anything i should know... is this gonna mess up my electrical system or anything? need special batteries? just makin sure before i throw it in...
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Chris - 97 Toyota 4Runner
Alpine CDA-9884
Kicker SX1250.1
Kicker 15" L7
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: August 26, 2005 at 4:45 PM
No. BUT make sure you upgrade your output cable to the battery, though. 170A will be too much for your stock output cable, I can pretty much promise you that. You will need at a minimum, a 4 gauge, but that size wire will be riding the ragged edge - a 2 gauge will be a safer bet.
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: choover567
Date Posted: August 26, 2005 at 4:50 PM
and im guessing alternators wont come with that kinda wire huh, oh well im gonna go get a 0 gauge and use that anyway.
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Chris - 97 Toyota 4Runner
Alpine CDA-9884
Kicker SX1250.1
Kicker 15" L7
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: August 26, 2005 at 5:36 PM
I have found through past experiences that even though the mfr. claims that they will "bolt in" with no extra parts or mods, they don't.
This isn't always the case but just be prepared to add some washers or grind some edges.
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