had the bucket running on saturday and the battery was down got it going but has the alternator cutout shut off. that car ran and idled ok but one could tell a definite loss of power on acceleration the snap just wasnt there. noticed voltage was at about 12 vt.
hit the alt switch and power junped to approx 14.5 and instantly one could tell it was running stonger.
i run the vontage through a dodge ceramic resitor before the points.
my thought is what should the before alternator voltage be and why not full voltage like it is when one is starting the engine .
i would assume one would get a stronger spark to start and then one running it goes back to the 9.5 vlts (approx) for normal running, i assume to keep the points from burning up is why, if so why?
my caddy 500 shure seems to be very sensitive to a weak ign input voltage.
would one see a advantage in running full voltage for the 1/4 mile ? as opposed to std voltage or am i thinking this out wrong.
i am going to look at a finding a used hei in its future as i have been told will see a world of differene compared to points