I've never had a full pass at a track. The first and only times it ran down the track was at Windy Hollow Dragway at the Roundup. It was running like carp - my best 60' was an embarassing 1.8X (and that was with Frank pushing me! ). I would load up the converter and the engine would fall on it's face @ WOT. Just not enough spark. I'll keep everyone posted of how it runs next time out - hopefully MUCH better!
My 1-wire required a jumper (fortunely the previous owner) Mr. Moore had me covered. I have since had the alternator rebuilt, went up to 110 amp and a "true" 1-wire. Not had any problems (its a chevy )...I sure do not miss the days of cranking the ole gen. and hooking up the charger between rounds.
seems to me there were a lot of (trailered) car problems . did anyone else their (one wire alt.) home and park it in the garage besides me ...frank...
Hey, I have the same Chevy 1-wire, with the jumper, but it only charges at 12-12.5...it should be 14, shouldn't it? Did I do something wrong? They tested it at the shop and said it was just fine. Might it be because I have it running all the way back to the trunk to charge the battery?
Scott, you might be checking it at idle. I'd see if it registers the same at higher rpms. If so, you might consider a smaller diameter pulley to turn the alt faster at idle rpm. I'm getting good numbers at idle with an UNDERDRIVE pulley. :confused: f.y.i. I've attached a picture of the Infamous Jumper.
What do you think...? I bought the jumper with a red and white wire already attached to a plug that fits on the two flat blades (only fits one way with a little notch). The white I have attached to the ALT light at the dash, and the red is the jumper. It appears that you are jumping to the other blade??? Am I seeing that right (mine is shot from under the car)? It looks like you are jumping from the post to the closest blade. Also, appears to have a larger wire...wonder if THAT is my problem? Runs a consistent 12-12.5 at all rpms. I AM running an electric fan and fuel pump, but those shouldn't affect the charging.
Instead of a jumper you should probably run a sense wire back to the battery. That way the regulator "knows" to supply full voltage to the battery.
So, extend the red "jumper" all the way back and not to the post? Seems like it wouldn't know the difference where it is connected...
I cut and pasted the "technical" portion of this to a new thread so as not to JACK Rick's thread http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=25672
That's the purpose of the remote wire, to let the regulator read what the voltage is "back there". Right now it's reading optimum voltage at the alternator terminal and thinks everything is fine. Your long battery cable/connections are probably dropping some voltage but the regulator isn't being informed.
Scott, Yes, we are using different terminals to jump to the "main" terminal (for lack of better word). I just took a gamble and hooked up a jumper wire to that one terminal and the alternator started putting out 13V+ on the tester. I really had no idea which post should be jumpered - or if even one was supposed to be jumpered (is 'jumpered' a word??). Because the first terminal I tried worked, I didn't try the other post for fear of burning up the alternator. Unless someone informs me that the terminal I'm using is the wrong one, I intend to keep using the same terminal I have the jumper hooked up to now. p.s. no prob on what you think might be 'hi-jacking' this thread. I believe your info to be very relevant. You can delete the other post to keep everything in one thread if you want.
scoop, how long you been running this alt.? i had to run an "exciter" wire to turn the alt. on. without it you will just be reading the volts that are in the batt. mine want hook to the alt. light. i have a digital volt gauge. ...frank...
