falcon_master
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Hi everyone, thanks for all your responses on the alternator questions I appreciate it. I called a few places and they said that a higher amp alternator is fine because even though it’s rated for 105 amps it won’t put out that much unless the load requires it. And so far 105 is the cheapest because it’s a bulk sale. But I did some math and found the basic amp usage of my car, the headlights are about 6 amps low beam, 8-9 amps hi beam, about another 4amps for taillights, so I have about 8 amps to play with after ignition system and instrument panel. But that’s off topic lol. My question today is my cooling system. Does anyone have experience on how well these things handle 90-110 degree weather In stop an go. It doesn’t have ac or power steering to out a load on it at idle. I’m thinking about putting a nice cheap 10 inch pusher fan or puller fan to make sure I have nice airflow all the time to help prevent overheating as on the freeway down there’s only one way to Phoenix and it gets backed up a lot. I don’t wanna overheat if I can help it. And I know the fan would be pushing my electric system but I wouldn’t use it unless I needed it, but if most people are ok in high temps I won’t worry about it. I imagine this 144 isn’t putting out to much heat lol.