voltage drop "problem"

[fox_racin4]

Added another ground up front, not any better going to try finding a clamp locally

[nickers]

make sure all of your wiring is secure and connections are not loose. i beleave mechman alts make the rated power at 8000rpm (not engine rpms, but alt rpms)

remember alt rpm to engine rpm is about 3:1

so that 2000 rpm is actually around 6k alt rpm and since its a special order alt maybe the pulley could be smaller than a regular alt so therefore yeilding more output. alt rpm is most likely out o the question .

[fox_racin4]

^^^^what he said, engine at 2000rpm is when i play music/demo

[nickers]

are you sure you set the voltage right you could be killin the batts. what kind of batts are they and 12v or 14v

[fox_racin4]

there 12v batts.. charging them at 15.2v is fine MANYY people do it ive got a few buddys charging 12v batts at 15.7v

[nickers]

alright, was just trying to deduce the solution to your problem.

maybe some extra runs to the rear bank?

-just read the whole post i see you said running kca. kca is rated for 250 amps ( i also am running 0 gauge kca), you are running considerably more than that. if you do 2 runs from the alt to the batt and 2 grounds from alt and then ground alt to car you may see some increase in performance.

[fox_racin4]

i only had 2 runs before adding 2 mroe recently, it didnt change a single thing. will more runs help? yes forsure but is that whats causeing me to drop to low 12s, high 11s? no.. deffinatly not IMO

[nickers]

so you already have 2 pos and neg runs from the alt?

[BJD3]

so you already have 2 pos and neg runs from the alt?

He has 4. In the first post:

hokay, my electrical consists of, [...] 2 runs of + to rear 2 runs of - to rear [...]

[fox_racin4]

so you already have 2 pos and neg runs from the alt?

i do, i think its been said more then once lol