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Power Modern Electronics in Your Classic GM Vehicle With a Tuff Stuff Max Amp Alternator

Adding A/C, electric fans, a rocking audio system, or other electronics to your classic GM car or truck will quickly overwhelm a low-output factory alternator. A Tuff Stuff Max Amp Alternator can provide up to 165 amps at idle and up to 225 amps at full charge.

That idle amperage is really important. For example, if you’re sitting in traffic with the A/C on and the electric fans running, they’re drawing a lot of electrons. If your alternator can’t deliver, the system will draw power directly from the battery. At 165 amps at idle, a Max Amp alternator will provide more than enough power to protect the battery from totally discharging.

Tuff Stuff Max Amp Alternators are built in the USA from all-new components. They are available with cases that are direct replacements for the factory 10DN, 10SI, and CS130 alternators found on GM vehicles made from 1963 to 1994. Most are available with an OEM-style or one-wire hookup. You even get a choice of chrome, black powdercoat, or Tuff Stuff’s clear powdercoat Factory Cast PLUS+ finish that looks like the original alternator’s factory finish.

SEE TUFF STUFF’S MAX AMP ALTERNATORS AT SUMMIT RACING