Well, I’ve finally recuperated from G19 and decided to keep working on the car, unlike last year when I completely stopped working on it until Jan. At least I’ll have a headstart on G20 or when we decide to attempt a cruise.
The car looks great now. all of the interior is done apart from some nit picky things here and there.
One of the last things I did was working on the Alternator. I’m trying to raise the rpm of the alt vs the engine rpm so I can lower idle. I ran it at 675 with the first pulley swap, but I wanted to go lower. I dropped it to 625 with no issues apart from some pretty consistent voltage drop at idle.
I got a new smaller pulley to install. I also noticed that this setup on my car likes the 650rpm. It lopes very nice there. So I’ve set the idle at 650 and running this new pulley. There is still voltage drop but only when the AC is on and the blower is running at full output. I think the blower just sucks too much juice. but this will suffice for now.
Oh and good news!
My fuel system still holds pressure. That stupid stock-like flexible hose didn’t seal. I’ll probably never use one again. Rubber fuel system hose works great.