Hey Ed.... I think you know that I agree with John... Voltage is king...
Thought about running it off the Rear end? nascar has those Yokes for 9"
fords with pulleys and That Nascar Place has both those and the Brackets
for the Oild coolers for the rear....
Just a thought...
Keith
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> From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
> To: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: 16 Volt?
> Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 2:57 PM
>
> John (and Chuck)
> I'm not trying to save alternator drag, I don't run one mainly because
> of space problems. I have 2 1" Gilmers running off the crank and due to
> a crossmember in front of the crank, there's no more room there. That
> leaves the water pump pully for a drive. No room on left side of block,
> but do have room on right - maybe. I would have to build a bracket
> spacing the alternator out about 3 inches, and re-pully the water pump.
> All do-able, just looking at alternatives. Before I went to a dry sump I
> ran an alternator using a serpentine belt. That ran the water pump
> backwards, but the one I use didn't know that and worked fine. That was
> a very clean and simple set-up.
> Ed
>
>
>
>
> John Beckett wrote:
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > I have run at Bonneville both with and without an alternator. I'm
> > assuming that you don't want to run the alternator for drag reasons. My
> > experience is that on at least a V8 it doesen't hurt at all. And on a
> > positive note probably helps more than it hurts. As an example the
ignition
> > really comes alive when you have an extra two volts to work with.
> > And don't even bother trying to run electronic fuel injection
without
> > the alternator, 12 volts just won't cut it.
> > Don't think you need 16 volts, 14 volts should do fine, and your
> > batteries will probably last longer too.
> >
> > John Beckett
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
> > To: land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 5:00 PM
> > Subject: 16 Volt?
> >
> > >One of my problems at Speed Week was a weak battery. I don't run an
> > >alternator, just a fresh-charged 12V Optima battery. Some of the 1/4
> > >milers use 16 volt batteries & I was wondering if this was a good
choice
> > >for my Vette and would welcome opinions. The electrical components I
> > >run off the battery are fuel pump, MSD and electric fan. As a side, I
> > >have gone through 3 "gel" batteries in the last 7 years, coincidence?
> > >Ed
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