little update... just got back from a 5000 mile trip with the car and the alt. was great.. lights never dimned and it cranks over like a mad man.. with years of just going to local cruises i have to wonder if the bettery every really got fully charged... after 5000 miles i'm sure its topped off more then its ever been..lol there was a guy at one of the tracks that was looking real close at the alt set up and loved it.. lucky i had printed the part numbers of things that could possibly go wrong and had it with me just incase so i gave him the part number for the alt and showed him where to get the brackets... he said his friends thought he was nuts making a big deal over a stupid alt..lol