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My alternator. Ive read the alts in neons built after a certain date have a higher output. My question is how do i figure out if it was made after that date. And also if alts from another car will be a basic drop in replacement. Or atleast as minimal mods to the brakets or belts. I know someone here has to be able to chime in on this. I need to know this by the end of the week so i can know what to look for. Thanks all

the alternator from a pt cruiser i've read is a direct fit replacement and is (dont quote me) 130 amps, over the neon's stock 80amp? something like that.. its on the forum somewhere

i dont remember the exact build date, but i believe it is after april 05 that neons came with 120A alternators...

search...i know its mentioned...

EDIT: Correction, May 05

http://forum.2gn.org/viewtopic.php?t=32 ... alternator

Yea i did the search for it thats how i figured that piece of info. And the PT one is a drop in replacement? Are there any others i should look for? And how can i tell that the neon was built after May 05?

decode the VIN
check the info on the door?

will any year pt alt work or is it just some years that have the 130 alt?

Someone has a link to a website with the pt alternators...im pretty sure some of them are only 100 but one of the models/years has 120 amp. I got it for mine and its an exact fit, just more copper winds in it. Unfortunately i do not recall which year i got it from.

may of '05 and newer neons had the 120a alt. if you call the delaer ill give you the last 8 of my vin to get that 120a alt since mine is a may build

Well thats the shit, im going to be going to junkyards 2 hours away from my house and i dnt really have the time to be waiting on the dealer and all that bs. what numbers do i need to look for on the vin. or is there any other place i can see in what month/year it was built?

on the back of your drivers doorsill theres information on the car and when it was built. you can also goto www.dodgeparts.com and state you have a 05 neon and order it though them. double check the part# and make sure its different from the '04's or ask for the part# on the forum for asking for part#'s

Arite i get it. Well what about the alt from a nother car fitting the neeeeon? I see the Pt one will fit, but are there any others that i shoul look for??

idk, the only ones ive heard of fitting is other 2gn's and the PT which is strainge too because the SRT-4's alt wont fit

Thats odd cuz aint the PT and SRT engine the same?

Bumpage!!! Any one else know of any other alts that mite fit or do i have to purchase a higher output one

other than the PT, may '05 or you can also get one from ohio genorator, as far as i know of

ohio generator, iraggi, excessive amperage, stinger....etcetc

i'm running a 200a iraggi

Alright but would a 120a be enough? Cuz im only pushing about 250wRMS to the sub and lights dim like crazy. I dont want to get an alt bigger than wat i need because im not going to upgrade that for a while

lol i have a ~1800w rms (between the 3 amps) with my 120a and the lights dim when i have it cranked up all the way, but at the level i normally have it at the lights dont dim at all. so im sure a 250w will me more than enough, then again i also have these things installed.

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i had my headlights replaced with HID's so i save some draw there


still without any of these just the 120a will be more than enough. you might want to do the big3 also it makes a huge difference. the A/C runs cooler, i noticed the RPM's climb a little easier, the car also seems alot more stable electrically.

Well i already replaced all the Grounds with 4 gauge. Should i do the + side too?

i didnt, the - side is more important because electricity flows form - to + and (almost) everything in the car goes to the chasis for ground

u should get no dimming at all if ur just running 250w rms....i ran 1600 + another 200 +/- a few watts and my life only dimmed bad when i was fully cranked...but even with the subwoofer controls set to 0...it wasn't dimming.

double check ur connections to ur battery....recheck ur grounds

where did u ground ur amp too?

I grounded it somewhere by the spare. Is there a better spot? cus that mite be whats fuckin everything up.

well the cars a unibody so there's not really any good spots....but after lots of testing i found that if u take off the back seat...the part u sit on....mount it there.....but beware of the gas tank!

that has been the best place to ground that i have found.

or the other day i seen that they grounded the tail lights i think on the left and right sides of the back fenders...if u pull back the carpet, you should see them there.

If i ground it by the where the rear seatbelts mount would that be good?

i tell u where grounded it was by the rubber black plugs that the bottom part of the seat locks into...... be sure u scrape the paint away so u have a nice connection.

i never tried it up by the seat belt bolts....but knock on it, make sure it sounds like metal and is not covered by any of that sound deadener that came with the car..should look like metal but when u knock on it it sounds like plastic or something else

Alright cool. Il be doing that later today.