ive been looking everywhere to find a h/o alt. ive called many auto shop and car audio shops in my area and cant find any...and a couple of people have told me i cant run a 250+ amp alt. in my car only a max of 190amp...idk what to do! oo and its for a 2005 saturn ion 4dr sedan
Also check out DC Power Engineering and Mechman. Since you live in Ohio, Ohio Gen may be quicker to get ahold of one. Shop around though to see how prices compare. Being a 4 cylinder you may be hard pressed to find a 200+ amp alt, but remember idle amperage is what is most important.
ive tried calling and emailing ohio gen and they said they dont have an alt for my year and model of car they could custom build one but it would be $$$...idk this isnt looking good im not trying to spend almost a 1000 for jus an alt...im gonna keep looking but its lookin bad...ive also been told i could possibly have my alt rewound to a higher amp.
dans got a point, rewinding an alt might help for a little while but all it's guna do is make even more heat than it already did. because it's still in it's original case with even more wire than before it will just burn up... plus you prlly wont end up having sh*t for idle output..
Isn't Saturn a branch of Chevy? Or am I totally wrong? If so I'm sure DC can get you some sort of conversion kit to fit a larger GM alt. They have a 240 amp GM conversion kit for my Celica, so there is hope.
okk thanks for all the help!! im gonna get in contact with dc tomorrow...i really hope they can work something out for me and have it not be hopefully more then 650 for jus the alt cause install is gonna be $$ to....once i can get this fig out my build might actually start coming together lol