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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 4332763" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I was racing at thunder valley in my 84 Ford E150 van 302 2 barrel with AOD and it ran 18.0 ET.</p><p>Beat my buddy in his 91 Z71 350" with 700R4 that ran 18.2.</p><p></p><p>My buddy bob was there with his dragster and he made 1 pass and had a dead battery and it would not charge.</p><p>I stuck my Van battery in his dragster and put his battery in my van.</p><p>Yea I swapped the battery into my van while it was running.</p><p></p><p>My amp gauge pegged the meter and I told him I would race him.</p><p></p><p>We got lined up and I figured he may blow his dragster up and I might beat him to the finish line.</p><p>It did not work out like that he spanked that old van with curtains in the windows.</p><p></p><p>But that alternator of mine was trying it's darnedest to charge an uncharable battery.</p><p></p><p>Van ran 22 or 22.5 seconds to get to the finish line.</p><p>I smelled battery acid at the end.</p><p>Popped my hood when I got to the pits and under the hood was soaked with battery acid.</p><p></p><p>I gave his battery back and hosed everything down and got my battery and told him 50 amp charge on a battery kills them.</p><p>I only use 4 amp at the most and it trickles down to nothing when the battery is charged.</p><p></p><p>I know first hand how much strain is on your alternator with a junk battery.</p><p></p><p>I just replaced my 1995 Corolla alternator $ 117 and it went over 383,000 miles before it failed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 4332763, member: 15054"] I was racing at thunder valley in my 84 Ford E150 van 302 2 barrel with AOD and it ran 18.0 ET. Beat my buddy in his 91 Z71 350" with 700R4 that ran 18.2. My buddy bob was there with his dragster and he made 1 pass and had a dead battery and it would not charge. I stuck my Van battery in his dragster and put his battery in my van. Yea I swapped the battery into my van while it was running. My amp gauge pegged the meter and I told him I would race him. We got lined up and I figured he may blow his dragster up and I might beat him to the finish line. It did not work out like that he spanked that old van with curtains in the windows. But that alternator of mine was trying it's darnedest to charge an uncharable battery. Van ran 22 or 22.5 seconds to get to the finish line. I smelled battery acid at the end. Popped my hood when I got to the pits and under the hood was soaked with battery acid. I gave his battery back and hosed everything down and got my battery and told him 50 amp charge on a battery kills them. I only use 4 amp at the most and it trickles down to nothing when the battery is charged. I know first hand how much strain is on your alternator with a junk battery. I just replaced my 1995 Corolla alternator $ 117 and it went over 383,000 miles before it failed. [/QUOTE]
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