The charging system of your Chevy is a vital piece of the reliability puzzle, and if you're relying on a crusty original alternator you might be on borrowed time. The fact of the matter is an original ...

Car Craft recently took a big leap forward in performance with our 1972 "Low Dollar Dart" project car, when we switched from 2.91 gears to a more performance-oriented 3.55 Sure-Grip centersection.

I have a 1965 Mustang fastback with a 289, Edelbrock Performer intake, a Holley four-barrel carb, and a mild cam. I want to run a one-wire alternator, but my friend says they don’t charge at low rpm.

Whether it’s a 300-mph fuel dragster, the slowest of bracket cars, a high-performance (or even low-performance) street car, there is one common denominator each of them share: Wiring. Everything that ...

The days of a simple dc-charging subsystem in a car consisting of an alternator, rectifying diodes, basic regulator, and battery are nearly gone—no question of that. Now, the 12-V automotive regulator ...

Modern automotive alternators have a voltage regulator built into them. Typical car alternators generate the field using a DC current through slip rings. The field current is much smaller than the ...

A common problem exists when driving automotive alternators via motors. In the process of attempting to regulate the charging voltage of a low battery, the alternator shaft torque usually exceeds the ...