JohnVroom

so what gave you the indication of a 106 amp draw, the capacitor?

usually the cap gives a voltage reading...

khoopy85

i can try a second ground off the alt. not really sure if it'll make that big of a difference though. my engine is grounded to the batt already...i tried to get down to it, to change that ground but man its a tight squeeze, and i don't have a wrench that long to go down and reach it properly...
i've never actually heard of re-winding the alt.'s to get more amperage out of it?? haha....and i don't believe a diesel one will work...its a horribly tight fight on these 3.1's to get the alternator i already have in there....oh and as for the second battery, they have battery isolators....so the alt only charges one battery at a time. when it charges, it switches over to the other battery, etc... doesn't charge both at the same time...

thanks for the suggestions, i'll look more into the whole winding the alt more...


oh..the cap i have, reads voltage and amperage, thats how i got the 106 amps....i would be finding the same thing out of i had an amp meter, cap just does the work for me (whether its accurate or not....)