New Alt?? Good Price

[collegeboi]

well i was talking to a guy that makes alts.

he can make me a 160amp (direct bolt on) for 250 shipped.

honestly what you guys think???

i was gonna do the double alts but wouldnt that be 120 total amps.

lmk.

btw if any are interested, with a group buy of 10 or more, it'll be 200 shipped in the USA

[miami man]

maybe it may fry the wiring but i am not sure. others chime in on this subject.

[Axlander9289]

160 amps is way overkill unless you're planning on doing up your Festiva Pimp My Ride style with a buch of TV's and speakers and all manner of electric gadgetry. I think the stock Festiva alternator was 50 amp if I remember right, and always got the job done in my Festivas, even the one with aftermarket stereo and speakers. The 50 amp ones run about $120 if I remember right.

[m715]

45 amp with MTX 88&9 50 was the big dog that came out with the funky FI and ATX in 89!

[nonamekid]

If you are going to put in a 160 amp alternator, you would have to upgrade the main wire coming off the alternator. I would send it directly to the battery. If it goes to a distribution block or anything else, all that should be upgraded till it gets to the battery. The rest of the wires in the car will be fine because they will still only draw the same amount of power. I imagine the only reason one would need such excessive power in a festiva is to run ALOT of extra lights or an overkill sound system. But at the same rate, they should have capacitors in their sound system to help to make the power draw linear. At any rate, I doubt any would use a 160 amp alternator in a festiva to its full extent, unless they were using it to weld..... That's a different story all together...

[m715]

You mean like Buddy Hackett did to Herbie? But with a MIG?

[Pu241]

:p

M715, your going to have to explain who Buddy Hackett is to some of the crowd here!

You mean like Buddy Hackett did to Herbie? But with a MIG?

[collegeboi]

you see i want to run a set of components in the front, keepmy 6x9 in the back and run those to a 4 channel amp

as for subs, i want two 1510 DD, about600 rms each to a 2 channel amp

this would be the only reason on running a higher amp alt

now if there is any way to run All this on the stock alt, i will.

[m715]

Showing my age huh? In the ORIGINAL movie "The Love Bug", Herbie had run so hard that he began to split apart during the "big race of races" scene. Buddy Hackett was the mechanic who took care of "the little car", and he oxy/acetelene welded Herbie back together DURING the race. See what we old folks can come up with in our minds for memories? Whoa! Michelle Lee !!!!!!

Michael

[Axlander9289]

I believe Buddy Hackett's character's name was Tennessee Stienmetz, and he went the right route with the oxyacetylene torch, no modifications needed to Herbie's 6 volt electrical system. Collegeboi,you should consider an oxyacetylene stereo system.

Dean Jones (Jim Douglass, Herbie's driver) went to college in the town where I grew up. Anybody ever see a #53 Festiva?

[neanderpaul]

Man that's overkill big time. You can get a 323 alt that ups your amps by 10 - 20 for cheap at a junk yard or ebay. Like $20 - $40. But I never had a need for a better alternator. As a matter of fact I've only had 1 alt go bad in 15 festivas.

[nonamekid]

you see i want to run a set of components in the front, keepmy 6x9 in the back and run those to a 4 channel amp

as for subs, i want two 1510 DD, about600 rms each to a 2 channel amp

this would be the only reason on running a higher amp alt

now if there is any way to run All this on the stock alt, i will.

You won't a 160 amp alternator to run this. I would go the route carbon suggested. If you run an alternator at full capacity all the time it will burn out. It doesn't matter how nice or expensive the alternator is. You should always have a buffer zone between what you need and what you can produce. The components and the 6x9s won't be drawing alot of power and it would be safe to run the stock alternator with just that amp. The subs is where you will want to bump up the alternator. The 323 alternator should fit that bill perfectly. Are planning on thumping while driving or while parked? If while parked, I would look at bumping up your idle while you thump, that way the strain on the alternator is not as great. Also turn off the lights and any other accessories that way the sound system can have as much of the alternator as it wants. A load bank would be ideal for consistent sound production, but I don't think that is feasible. Never really looked into those for sound systems.

[jglutz]

:p

M715, your going to have to explain who Buddy Hackett is to some of the crowd here!

B..b...b....b...b...b...buddy who?

[Pu241]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Hackett

Hopefully Damkid will chime in!
I beleive he pushes a fair amount of power through his system and think he runs the OEM Alt.
You might better spend your money on a larger higher capacity battery up front and a second in the back to power the the peak load.
Also, I question the ability to output that amount of amps from a rewired OEM alt or was this a custom built unit that will be built to fit into the existing mount area.

[festivaWES]

i have a protege alt in my festiva when it had the b6-e it was 65-70 amps i do believe.