[Smokie55]

I will apologize upfront for the hijacked post. but it does relate to this subject. I am now currently on my second HEI since May for my Suburban. It is almost completely original. It even has the old Delco 62 amp externally reg. alternator. It has given me starting problems that are intermitent and I had changed the module out several times on the old HEI. It would work for awhile then go back to intermitant non-starts. So i picked up a rather new used HEI and it solved the problem for about a month and now it's back.

My lights don't dim that I can tell. but when my stereo is running and the bass notes hit it dims the lights on the face. I am in the process of installing two 10" subs and a set of Amps 560 watts and 900 watts. So I planned to update that old external 62 amp alt. for a more modern 3 wire 100 amp or so.

1st - Could any of the starting problems be caused by the old alternator set up with the modern HEI?

2nd - Should I move a little quicker to switching out to a more modern Alternator?

3rd - Could a simple regulator solve most of my problems with starting? I know I still need a better alt. before I get the amps installed (next month).