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- Path: sparky!uunet!gossip.pyramid.com!pyramid!lstowell
- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Underdrive pullys - Any experiences?
- Message-ID: <184231@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 20:43:10 GMT
- Sender: daemon@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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- In article <15415@auspex-gw.auspex.com> tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett) writes:
- >
- >What was decided off-line was that the alternator has excess power
- >to offer, and so when at low RPM generally is still putting out
- >sufficient power. Therefore, I imagine (don't know for sure) that
- >with an underdrive pulley set, the alternator output is still
- >sufficient for automotive uses.
- >
- >
- An amazing decision. Like most theoretical ones, it was wrong.
- Obviously the "off-line" deciders can't read the other postings
- from folks who've used underdrive pulleys and has all sorts of
- trouble with dead batteries. [Of course the fix is that nice
- big Caddy alternator which DOES have high output at fairly low
- rpm...to match the typical Caddy driver's style...]
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