Suggestions for 75 280Z

[Dirwin]

Killed 2 birds with one stone today! Alternator took a dump the other night and left me on the side of the road so I replaced it today with a 140 amp internal regulator that I got from Z Specialties. I removed the voltage regulator completely so it couldn't be inadvertently hooked up, terminated the t connector, changed the belt and hooked up the ground, works like a champ! 14.1v at idle, 14.18 at 2500 RPM. Ammeter shows a slight charge at idle and now just drops just an instant when I turn the fan and headlights on and returns to a slight charge.

The two bird part, oil pressure guage was acting goofy with the low voltage, now it works like it should. I know low voltage plays hell on these cars fuel injection because it is running better now as well.

I'm still going to flip out the headlights to a relay set-up and go with the higher wattage bulbs though. While they no longer dim at idle, they just aren't very bright.

Edited February 23, 2013 by Dirwin