16v 2.0l engine, N/A stats??

[tberk@mindspring.com (T Berk)]

Rabbit16v wrote:
> 
> > > P.S. My latest mods are/will be an electrically-driven water pump,
> > > electrically drive power steering pump, and a kill circuit that
> > > switches the
> > > alternator off at wide open throttle. This should free up *several* hp.
> > > Yeehah!"
> > >
> > > --
> >
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> I was contemplating this also since I am pushing the 'stage 5' also.
> Wouldn't it be rather easy to wire the field wire into some type of throttle
> switch activated by a toggle switch or even wire up the field wire to the
> toggle switch by itself?  
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> Dave
> 
> _____

I _belive_ the field coil only needs 12v during startup. After then
the Alt is 'up and running' & the coil gets energized via mechanical
motion. 

> If converting to a water pump driven by an electric motor would save power in a street car, the engineers would have converted years ago. 
> They'd kill their own grandmother to save one mpg across the fleet.
>  It's an interesting idea that won't give satisfactory results.
>  
> Larry


There are many reasons not to convert to a different way of doing
things. You'd be surprised.

TBerk