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Originally Posted by 4t8v8
There is a reason Detroit and other car manufacturers switched to 12 volt many years ago. I switched my '48 30 years ago and never looked back. Wouldn't even consider 6 volts.
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Yes there is : high compression, large displacement OH V8 engines. They did try to stick with 6 volts for quite a while before they decided they had to change (e.g. Oldsmobile through 1951). Smaller gauge (and therefore cheaper) wiring also had something to do with it.