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Apr 16, 2007 | 03:14 PM

ltwonz

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Stock alternator amp

Does anyone know how many amps the stock lt1 alternator puts out?

Apr 16, 2007 | 03:44 PM

mdenz3

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I was told buy a guy that owns a Alternator rema factory, and has been doing it all his life, that it puts out in the nieghborhood of 170 max.

Apr 17, 2007 | 11:47 PM

JP94Z

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To my knowledge, stock LT1 alternator output 94+ is 140A. I think 93's were slightly less.

Apr 21, 2007 | 09:23 PM

n2ceptor

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'93--124 amps
'94--up 140 amps

Jul 13, 2007 | 01:16 PM

mikex70

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i had the same question, If you upgrade to a 160 amp do you need to upgrade anything else??

Jul 15, 2007 | 01:07 PM

94Camaro_Z_28

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I was under the impression that they were 160 amps stock

Jul 15, 2007 | 05:26 PM

shoebox

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Originally Posted by 94Camaro_Z_28

I was under the impression that they were 160 amps stock

Nope. 140 , like n2ceptor said.

Jul 17, 2007 | 12:06 PM

mikex70

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ok i bought a 200 amp alt. what do you need to upgrade the battery cable to a 2 or 0 g wire? is smaller pulleys needed?

Jul 17, 2007 | 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mikex70

ok i bought a 200 amp alt. what do you need to upgrade the battery cable to a 2 or 0 g wire? is smaller pulleys needed?

Might search the Car audio/electronic section..... I have seen a few theads about this for people going to bigger audio systems...

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