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Originally Posted by earljail
Just make sure you find out at what RPM you need to be at to get 180A. Some HO alts need to the engine to be going 3000 rpm to put out the full amount, and put out the same as a stock alt at idle.
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Thats true, and some aftermarket alts do slightly more than stock amps at idle, but at a Yaris stock idle (650 rpm?), there will never be much of an improvement without a drastic increase in alternator size. What matters most is the ramp up of amps with rpm's. If it takes to redline to hit max amps, you are not much better off. If you smoothly improve amps output from idle to 2500 rpm's, you have a nice alt. Just my