Hi Guys
Not sure where to put this but....
Having consumed large portion of HP over EFI on a stroker I got to thinking about the issue of the alt output on the 500 and the possible problems it could cause. Have also been reading a little (always a bad thing).
Do not have details of the 500 alt to hand so a couple of ideas.... There is an r1 alt complete with rotor and stator on eBay at present - this is a modern rare earth alt and thus is a) small and b) good output. Could this be modified to the 500?
Not so much about more electrical power this one - but about liberating HP. BMW are now making their cars only charge on the over-run and braking. Guess this could be done on a RE fixed magnet alt by cutting the power out unless the bike is on the over-run etc, But if the alt is a self generating coil-in-coil, could not the field coils be cut when under excelleration? My guess is you clever bods with either Boruts CDI or Megasquirt kit could do this - and possibly run a more powerful alt to boot - afterall overrun and braking energy is wasted.
Just a couple of thoughts
R
Alternator output
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Alternator output
Dreaming is not a failing, it is what makes us climb bigger mountains, make better bikes and love. However it can take up an inordinate amount of time...
The RZ500 and RZ350 share the same type of alternator. They are both 200 watt units. And like hybrid I did the LED bulbs in the rear and lost a bunch of incandescent cluster lights when I went to the R1 cluster. But I'm running twin headlights. So I'm not sure if my bike is drawing any more or less that what it did in factory trim. But still, the bike supports the extra EFI stuff with no problems.
It just doesn't have enough juice to run a wideband O2 sensor full time though. Not a problem once the bike is tuned.
Steve
It just doesn't have enough juice to run a wideband O2 sensor full time though. Not a problem once the bike is tuned.
Steve
Fuel Injected RZ350