Thread: Alternator
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Old 04-12-2021, 09:44 AM   #7
MARKDTN
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Re: Alternator

I would do a couple of things in your situation. I would get rid of the factory ammeter and go to a voltmeter. I would change to a CS144 (I would not use a CS130 as a paperweight). Delco #8077 pigtail is used if you have a lamp on the dash and the #8078 has a load resistor for use with no lamp to go from SI wiring to CS so you will have to do some adapting(different plug at alternator, but can use the same sense wires). Application for a 140A CS144 is '95 Buick Roadmaster. Then I would add a bigger wire from the alternator output to the battery. I might also add a junction block near the battery to power the fans and amp, that way you don't add any high loads to the original harness. While I was wiring, I would add headlight relays as well (to get brighter headlights and take load off the original switches and wiring).

If you don't want a CS144, then a 12si in either 78A or 94A. Anything bigger may have cooling issues. The 84-85 Corvettes do have a 12si that is 120A, but I would go CS144 if I wanted over 100A. 94A 12si is Delco 321-269 application '85 Riviera with 305Y, HD cooling and a/c. 78A 12si is Delco 321-244 application '85 Cutlass Supreme with 305Y. Nothing wrong with a 10si, I would just get a 12si if I was making the change since they have improvements. Don't use a 10si fan on a 12si, you have to get the 12si fan so be sure what you buy has the fan on it.
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