Alternator Rewiring
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From: Corpus Christi, Texas
Car: 1988 Pontiac Firebird
Engine: 305 V8, TBI
Alternator Rewiring
Hey guys. I wanna redo the wiring for my alternator on my carbed 350 88 Firebird. The owners before me hacked up a lot of stuff on this car. I’ve had a lot of problems with this alternator system since I bought the car three years ago. I know that this is a three wire setup. A red thick gauge for the 12v constant, and excitement wire and a third wire thats ignition 12v key on. Right now I have a 140 amp powermaster alt on it runs great past 35mph. But it’s acting weird when I come to a red light. The volts will drop below 13 and the lights will flicker. Once I take off again the volts increase to past 13. It’s weird. So i wanna know how I can re-wire this alternator system up better to be standalone from the main harness and or the ecm too.
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Re: Alternator Rewiring
a smaller than stock pulley on the alternator and or crank
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