I was wondering if I replaced my big honkin gear driven alternator with a belt driven one would I possibly increase my fuel mileage?I 've been told the gear driven ones take 30 to 40 horse power to turn when charging.Also I want to put a 12 volt alternator on my bus to keep house batteries charged. Whats the best and least expencive route to go for that one?I have removed my commpressor for my air conditioning so I can have a place to put the two alternators.For those of you not familliar with my bus it is MCI 8 with 8v92 DDEC and Allison 740A ATEC. I am currently getting 5.8 MPG and am desperate to increase it.Captain Ron
Since I actualy drive my bus Any little amount of fuel mileage increase would be of help. lets say if not using the tag saved me a1/2 mile mpg and the alternator did the same that would be a significant savings. I didn't say it was a smaller alternator just belt driven. I have it from the old bus and it was a reman. unit from detroit city busses. I don't really think any Idea is crazy if it saves me fuel. Just asking before I do it so I don't do any thing crazy. No need to beat me up for trying to better my fuel consumption.
My cruise is not working at this time but when it did I tried setting it at 60 MPH and 55 MPH and got no better results. So it's time for other options.
I have removed my commpressor for my air conditioning so I can have a place to put the two alternators.For those of you not familliar with my bus it is MCI 8 with 8v92 DDEC and Allison 740A ATEC. I am currently getting 5.8 MPG and am desperate
Quote from: captain ron on November 29, 2006, 03:00:27 PMI have removed my commpressor for my air conditioning so I can have a place to put the two alternators.For those of you not familliar with my bus it is MCI 8 with 8v92 DDEC and Allison 740A ATEC. I am currently getting 5.8 MPG and am desperate I'm curious how you got an MC8 with a DDEC 8V92? Wasn't the MC8 out of production before the 8V92 DDEC came out? I've seen a MC9 on Ebay with a factory 8V92, but it was one of the last MC9s made.Brian Elfert
Under item one, you can do things like make the bus more aerodynamic (a plane fuselage would be far more efficient that a flat nose bus, but who would want that?).
Ok RonMy Opinion. Quote from: oldmansax on November 29, 2006, 05:47:11 PM Under item one, you can do things like make the bus more aerodynamic (a plane fuselage would be far more efficient that a flat nose bus, but who would want that?). Hey Oldman sax, I resemble that remark. To each their own. Alot of good advise none the less.Catch you laterBill