alternator won't budge

[Ingo D. Rautenberg]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Dikeman" <brett at cloud9.net>
To: "Phil Rose" <pjrose at frontiernet.net>
Cc: <200q20v at audifans.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: alternator won't budge


....but basically, if you've got saging
> voltage at idle and a blip of the throttle brings the voltage up,
> then voltage goes down after the engine settles at idle again, you've
> got too small a pulley!
>
I think you have that reversed.  A smaller pully on the alternator means a
more favorable (higher) ratio of crank pulley to alt. pulley and
consequently higher alternator rotor rotation for given engine rpm.  Or did
I miss something (like maybe I need a beer or two)? ;-)

Ingo