Re: alt/starter

[Steve Moresi <smoresi@domain.elided>]

Many automakers, (and their suppliers) are starting to do this.  They are 
making the starters/alternators one unit that (from what I have seen) go 
somewhere in the flywheel region.  The engine is then cut off when the car 
is stopped, and started quickly (0.3 sec for a Chevy 350, from what I have 
read!) when the driver presses the gas to go.

So then if you have the starter there and all of the electronics to go with 
it, you can easily have an alternator, and eventually a "helper" motor for 
a hybrid vehicle.

And they are running these from 42V also, it appears most cars will run 
from that voltage in the near future.

Steve
SLO, CA
64 Spider
74 Spider

At 02:28 PM 3/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>     Question for the collective wisdom:  why don't automakers use a combined
>starter/alt as do some bikes to save a little weight, etc?  Idea doesn't
>work with larger engines needing more torque from the starter, more amps
>from the alt?  Any racers do this?  At least one curious mind wants to know!
>TIA, Ron.
>
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