Cletus' '68 Plymouth post car

[RXFORD]

Is it spinning fast enough to throw little electric people where they need to go?

 

ie; pulley sizing correct for idle speed of crank pulley diam?

[mjrstar]

30 minutes ago, cletus said:

Yes, it has one , in which I have tried 1w, 3w, and 5w bulbs

Also has a battery sense wire which runs all the way to the battery on a separate wire

Are you running a resistor in the sense wire?

[cletus]

3 hours ago, mjrstar said:

Are you running a resistor in the sense wire?

No, just a bulb 

It worked in the previous setup with the China bosch , the light comes on and goes off as soon as I start it. Comes on if you disconnect the sense wire 

 

3 hours ago, mjrstar said:

I wonder if it's a winding issue which is only apparent when belt tension is applied. I'm assuming the bench test is driven directly on the front..

Test bench has a belt drive, it's a pretty cool bit of gear, it's huge 

 

3 hours ago, RXFORD said:

Is it spinning fast enough to throw little electric people where they need to go?

 

ie; pulley sizing correct for idle speed of crank pulley diam?

This has crossed my mind as the crank pulley is smaller than a normal sb mopar , it's off a marine engine. It is the same as it was with the previous alternator though. A big rev does not change it 

 

[JustHarry]

I have the same multi meter as you 

[RXFORD]

Should send an Invoice to supplier for the diagnosing labour. 

[hood]

I had regulator issues on a newish alternator on my hilux recently.

Alternator was just over a year old, and I only managed about 10tho Kms on it, and unfortunately out of warranty.

I took it to Lance @ Autowire who pulled it apart and the regulator failed on it. Turns out the alternator itself was ok but the cheap Chinese regulator let go.

He sourced and fitted quality genuine denso unit and it was good to go

 

 

[piazzanoob]

is the regulator you talking about an external bosch one?

re55 part number?

[cletus]

No it bolts into the back of the alt, has the brushes in it 

[RUNAMUCK]

On a recent trip to mexico, i got to experience this machine first hand. Hooooooo boy! Its quite jolly rapid! 

Not slow at all!

[440bbm]

Looks BADASS on the draglites! perfect wheel for this thing

[Roman]

Agreed, looks so good!

Love this car.

Going to come to the night speed final next Friday? 

 

[cletus]

Not sure yet, I usually struggle to get there on time after work/traffic/probably overheat in the southern traffic jam

[RUNAMUCK]

Do you have a pair of front runner tyres?

I once asked on a forum filled with clever people , " how fast do you need to go before you need front runners?

They answer was, youre thinking back to front. Its not how fast do you go before you need them, they help you to go faster. 

/every bit helps.

[cletus]

 

Probably should have them, because of bias ply Hoosiers on the back, but when those are worn out I might try some drag radials , so would need a radial on the front 

 

[Roman]

Ahh ive always wondered what the point of those drag specific front tyres was. (For rwd)

[RUNAMUCK]

5 hours ago, cletus said:

 

Probably should have them, because of bias ply Hoosiers on the back, but when those are worn out I might try some drag radials , so would need a radial on the front 

 

Is this a thing?

I know absolutely nothing about tyres, except that drag ones bite hard out of rhe hole.

[cletus]

Yeah it's not great to mix radials and bias ply tyres, it can make for some interesting handling 

 

 

Nzdra rule book says

 

 

 

 

 

[igor]

I ran a Mini 1275GT with 12" radials on the front and 10" crossplies on the rear for a while when I young and silly, and too broke to buy two more radials. Never drove it fast thouigh cos it felt too weird.

[RXFORD]

Hubbies are a bit too plain. Could make up a press tool with some sort of mopar/plymouth emblem and stamp them to be less boring? 

 

[63Ragtop]

Well I like the new hubcaps!