That is very likely the route I wil be going as well, but not with the GM
alternator. I don't like the physical size of those units. I am going to
search for a Denso alternator similar to what is in Tiny Tim. It is rather
smal in size yet puts out 125 amps.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: Cwn74@aol.com
To: llst@shaw.ca ; spitfires@autox.team.net
Cc: spitlist@cox.net
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:22 AM
Subject: Spitfire alternator swap
In a message dated 12/1/2006 12:32:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
llst@shaw.ca writes:
This is a small bearing 1296 engine that is now equipped with a Lucas
Alternator. I have long suspected that the smaller pulley that was
designed
for use with the original generator is spinning the alternator slower than
it
wants and therefore not putting out the kind of charge that it normally
would.
I have a 1296 small journal from my first 68 Spitfire in my 74 Spitfire.
When I did the install, I used the Lucas alternator from the 1500 I took
out.
I was getting slow blinkers, ignition trouble and dying battery for many
years.
I finally installed a Delco alternator using the core from a 1979 Camaro I
own.
The Delco solved everything.
Fast blinker, bright lights, yahoo!
I have not compared the pulley size to the Lucas, but it works great.
It is a bit larger, but I have plenty of room.
Photos and words here of the swap.
http://www.cwnicholls.com/spitfire05.html
Clark
74 Spitfire, 71 Stag
"Reality... it's not what you think"
Clark W. Nicholls
CWNicholls@aol.com
www.cwnicholls.com
fax: 419-844-7564 (yes, 419 provided free by efax.com)
phone: 413-243-3433
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