not sure if i told yall, mechman picked up me. so im on team mechman now, i installed a 300 amp h/o today, i have to tell you .. the alternator is built like no other i have seen before.. and i have had a few H/os in my day.... i installed it, and played with it very quickly, i was paying my chicks little brother for some help around the house this weekend.. so i didnt want to pay him to listen to my stereo with me!! we had other work today.... good kid.. wanted to work to get some money up to take a chick out... i can say this... my old h/o 240 amp, at 1800 RPM charged at 14.5 volts or so.. and when i played full tilt it would drop to 13.1 at times... the mech man... only charges at 14.1 at 1800 RMP.... but while playing it only drops to 13.8 so it doing its damn thing... im going to see if i can get crownvic to help me more with the dioed mod for the fords... i need to trick my car into thinking its charging less then it really is... its a PCM controlled alt.... it puts out what the computer tells it to ... but not for long i hope!. pics and vics to come on all that!!