[3cyl]

royce wrote:

3cyl wrote:

Could you drive the alternator faster?

Then you are posed with overspeeding the alt, which is something to consider with engines that can rev over 6k

I've always thought there'd be a spot where the idle speed would be fast enough and max revs still be ok. Never known the speed rating of a rotor though to be honest.

[royce]

3cyl wrote:

royce wrote:

3cyl wrote:

Could you drive the alternator faster?

Then you are posed with overspeeding the alt, which is something to consider with engines that can rev over 6k

I've always thought there'd be a spot where the idle speed would be fast enough and max revs still be ok. Never known the speed rating of a rotor though to be honest.

There well could be and I reckon on a Falcon alternator at least that revs a bit less and has a heaps bigger crank pulley its probably possible to run a smaller pulley on the alternator to help with low speed load, would be interesting to see how much.