10-29-2008, 12:48 PM | #1 |
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3G Alternator Upgrade
Where did you guys get your alternators and who makes good kits? Instructions?
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10-29-2008, 03:27 PM | #2 |
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I got mine from click me granted it was a bit extra to have it powdercoated black.
There's really not much to it. You have to "notch" the alt. bracket (stock) to make it fit but it takes about 5 mins with a dremel tool or air grinder. you also need to upgrade the wiring to the starter solenoid, again not hard. I have my powdercoated black stock alt. bracket if you are interested (for a fox body). here is a how to----> how-to
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10-29-2008, 04:02 PM | #3 |
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I got mine from the junkyard out of a '98 V-6 'stang.The 3.8 T-birds/Cougars have them along with the SN95's, and the Taurus,the only thing about the Taurus ones is you have to re-clock the housing halves to get the connections in the right place.
And he'll need a different upper mounting bolt,or nut and bolt (like I did on mine),and IIRC,a different length lower bolt as well.
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10-29-2008, 05:24 PM | #4 |
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Eric, you are correct sir....forgot about that minor issue....I did this to one of my foxbodies way back in early 2000 as I recall so they weren't as easily accessible as they are now. At any rate you can usually find them pretty cheap.
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10-30-2008, 12:07 PM | #5 |
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10-30-2008, 12:53 PM | #6 |
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Where did you guys send the charge cable; directly to the battery or to the positive side of the starter?
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10-30-2008, 01:43 PM | #7 |
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On the positive or "hot" side of the solenoid where the battery cable connects at.
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10-30-2008, 01:44 PM | #8 |
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mine goes to the pos. side of the solenoid with a 150amp inline fuse (fuses and holders can be found at stereo shops, marine suppliers, etc) I spliced into the other little white wire (?) for the small plug on the back of the alt. AND I left the stock fox body plug (big one) on there incase anything ever happens and I need to slap my stocker back on there to make it from here to there or whatever.
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10-31-2008, 07:56 AM | #9 | |
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As with ncontt, I too used an inline fuse (it came with the kit I got from Ryan).
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11-01-2008, 08:06 AM | #10 |
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My 3g Upgrade was really kind of simple.
It came on the car from the factory
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