Why build up the generator and then make a smaller pulley? Seems like you're
defeating some of your efforts?
I would understand keeping the generator stock and putting a smaller pulley
on...
if you're just vintage racing with, at most, headlamps, etc... but it
doesn't
make sense to me for a full rally car driving through harsh conditions at
night...
--Justin
Philip E. Barnes wrote:
> At 10:25 PM -0700 8/6/98, jmwagner wrote:
> >I've often wondered...
> >The old factory rally cars, from TR 2 through 4A... always have tons of Lucas
> >auxillary lighting... i.e. two fog lamps, a spotlight in the middle of
> >the grill,
> >a spotlight on top of the surrey hardtop, and back-up lamps...
> >I'm imagining the car racing on a wet evening.... all lights on, wiper on,
> >power
> >sliding through the mountains....
> >HOW ON EARTH did the stock generator handle all that wattage?
>
> "A fair question and one that's been much on my mind of late..."
> What we used to do is have an auto electrics shop build us a heavy-duty
> unit with larger gage wires and epoxy the whole mess to handle the heat
> generated by all the lights, as well as the under-hood temp. We also used
> an undersize pulley so it didn't run as fast. During competition you rarely
> use all the lights simultaneously. Nowadays we get an ambulance alternator
> (150 amps!!) and put that in place.
>
> Someday I'll get a TR3 or 4 and build a replica.
>
> Phil Barnes (peb3@cornell.edu)
> Cortland, NY (nowhere near New York City)
> '71 TR6 CC61193L (21 year owner)
>
> Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
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