BOOTZ

I'm looking to upgrade the alternator in my 07. Just wondering if there are aftermarket alternators that bolt on or is getting my original rewound a good idea. What kind of amps am I looking at in either direction?

AscendantMax

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why do you need to upgrade your alternator?

BOOTZ

I can feel my engine lagg when the volume is turned up and the bass hits. I am running a JL W7 13.5" and JL 1000/1.

I listen to it REALLY loud.

Pearl96Max

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Still no need to upgrade.

BOOTZ

any ideas why the engine laggs when volume is up then?

djfrestyl

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Upgrade your big three. And your power/ground wires.

BOOTZ

I understand what I need to upgrade.

Ok so back to my original question... Has anyone done this to a 6th gen? If so, where did u have it rebuilt or where did u buy it? How much?

AscendantMax

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umm, i can only think of one local 6th genner that have their alternator upgraded to a HO Excessive Amperage unit. but then again he competes in dB drag...

i still don't think it's necessary for your application though. i have two amps making well over 1kw and have no dimming/engine issues.

BOOTZ

What have you done? Batteries, upgrade grounds, caps (although I don't believe in caps)

whitealexander

i think you need to upgrade your batteries and wiring..

djfrestyl

iTrader: (89)

Batteries? Last I checked, cars only had one.

Wiring first. Then battery.

AscendantMax

iTrader: (7)

i just beefed up my grounds. doing that will solve a lot of dimming issues. i'm just using an ordinary Interstate battery.

FlipCpt45

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i pays you teh monies to assemble random groundings?

and maybe possible bbq meet at cho house while at it... maybe a grounding meet? lol ^^