On 1/29/05 6:29 AM, "Ken Lewis" <kdlewis_wasting_time@ACCESS4LESS.NET>
wrote:

> Interesting. So you keep paying for this upgrade for the rest of it's life,
> as in reduced gas milage and performance.
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Alternator upgrade note
> 
> 
> ..... Add other inefficiencies in the
>> drive and yes, you can loose 5 hp running one.
> 
> 
I have put in bigger alternators on other vehicles and the gas milage
difference came in with the size of the engine and weight class of vehicle.
Performance wise I never saw any differences.  On by subie 2.2 and the heavy
van combo I would probably expect about a .1 mpg difference at 3k rpm and
full draw on the alternator at that rpm.  Less than an airconditioner or a
power steering pump.  Which I run neither.
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