I put the rebuilt alternator in and got very interesting results:
First off, the car feels MUCH less bogged down with A/C on, I forgot I had it on for a little bit while I was doing the test, it accelerated almost as good as it did with it off, the way it should be. Felt like it might even be accelerating better in general but it's tough to say for sure.
2nd I still stall when I'm breaking to a stop at stoplights, it's actually worse with this alternator for some reason and I still get the stallyness and idling problems at the light, starting to think the IAC or even break booster(I've heard they overuse power when they're bad) might be the culprit of the idling problems.
3rd, I realized my old alternator has just as bad of bearings as my original alternator. I did a simple hand-spinning test between both the new one and the one that came with the car, new one spins nice and freely, old one spins like a lazy derp; hand-spun the original one and the freshly removed old one when I got home and they both spun about the same amount, geez lol. I wonder if that contributed to the bogged down feeling from the pulley robbing a shitload of power from the belt.
According to the amp gauge, the new alternator generates much less power than the old one does at its best(when I first start it up) but it doesn't lose power the more I drive like the old one did. The pulley squeaks a little bit too, sounds like a very small frog, especially when in gear. I would love to have a brand new alternator to compare to for the best results, I'm not sure if this one is powerful enough to do what it's supposed to even though it's more stable than the other one.
First off, the car feels MUCH less bogged down with A/C on, I forgot I had it on for a little bit while I was doing the test, it accelerated almost as good as it did with it off, the way it should be. Felt like it might even be accelerating better in general but it's tough to say for sure.
2nd I still stall when I'm breaking to a stop at stoplights, it's actually worse with this alternator for some reason and I still get the stallyness and idling problems at the light, starting to think the IAC or even break booster(I've heard they overuse power when they're bad) might be the culprit of the idling problems.
3rd, I realized my old alternator has just as bad of bearings as my original alternator. I did a simple hand-spinning test between both the new one and the one that came with the car, new one spins nice and freely, old one spins like a lazy derp; hand-spun the original one and the freshly removed old one when I got home and they both spun about the same amount, geez lol. I wonder if that contributed to the bogged down feeling from the pulley robbing a shitload of power from the belt.
According to the amp gauge, the new alternator generates much less power than the old one does at its best(when I first start it up) but it doesn't lose power the more I drive like the old one did. The pulley squeaks a little bit too, sounds like a very small frog, especially when in gear. I would love to have a brand new alternator to compare to for the best results, I'm not sure if this one is powerful enough to do what it's supposed to even though it's more stable than the other one.
