s4 winter starting problems...

[gerudas11]

Here is the situation. I have had my 7 for about 2 n a half years. I never been able to drive it in the winter because it doesn't want to start. battery gets too low, sometimes I have to use "cheater" fluid to get it to fire up if the battery has enough juice. I'm thinking that my alternator is going bad or I need to go through and re-ground some wires. couple questions... is there a better alternator than a rebuild s4 that isn't going to cost me an arm and leg? Does some of the big ford alternators work like they work for the rx8s? Does it sound like the motor needs to be rebuilt? motor has about 120xxx during the warmer days it drives fine other than I need some back pressure because of the after market exhaust that was put on. I would rather not rebuild it because I have a gto that I would rather spend the money on plus if it needs rebuilt then I will probably build up the 327 block that is sitting in my garage. any help would be great.

Thanks,

Jarrad Grider