Re: 'this alternator bearing will self destruct in 5 seconds'

[Gary Huff <scirocco86@home.com>]

I know a lot of hardcore camaro/small block chevy guys and they say that the weight savings of building a drag car sans alternator is not worth it since you need it's power output for an HEI(high energy ignition..), and also that you *will* run slower since generating spark eats a lot of juice by itself, and that the battery does not have enough power by itself to generate this properly, especially at high rpms. Food for thought at least,
	-Gary Huff

On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 10:00:26PM -0400, drew wrote:
> I think the reason it surprised TMB was because his time without the belt
> was actually SLOWER than with the belt.
> 
> Personally I expect it was because he was distracted by the red flashing
> light in the dash, and that was just enough to slow his reflexes and knock
> 10 one hundredths off the ET... :)
> 
> Drew
> 
> 
> On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, T Berk wrote:
> 
> > the mad bastard wrote:
> > > 
> > > ...i launched from the line, and threw my
> > > belt.  i managed a 14.9 without the belt, and am a little shocked, cuz it
> > > felt like my fastest run of the night, but that's beside the point.
> > > 
> > >     so anyways, just a little bit of experience for ya'll...
> > > 
> > > jason
> > > the mad bastard
> > > 
> > 
> > More HP for the wheels, less taken by the Alt to make electricity.
> > Racers go with the least amount of drag possible, inc. Alts and water
> > pumps. 
> > 
> > TBerk
> > 
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> Drew MacPherson, Network Analyst, University of Guelph
> 
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