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In Reply to: Need Help: Alternator Wiring Instruction posted by Chuck J on January 28, 2001 at 22:31:22:
Lots of options here ranging from GM (don't do it - they are junk, just like the cars) to late model Bosch.
You can get 65 amps and internal regulator from an E12 alternator. Or, if you are into being different, you can find Bosch alternators putting out as much as 80amps which can be wrenched into the tii space. I'm currently using one of these after going through 4 GM alternators in 16 months (what crap), I finally gave up and returned to something well made. By the way, I learned from some of the GM racer guys that they have to change their alternators out every 8-12 months in their GM cars.
What I did was go to an Alternator rebuilder and pick through alternators until I found a Bosch unit I liked. It fits into the tii bracked perfectly, and uses no rubber buschings. But, I had to move the motor over with a pry bar in order to squeeze the alternator in from the top side. I would have had to remove my front sway bar to get it in from the bottom. And, I could
not have fit it had my battery been in the original location.
You can avoid these problems by going with a 65 amp E12 unit and adding a spacer to fit it into the tii alternator bracket. To connect the alternator, with internal voltage regulator, all you need to do is disconnect the plug from your external voltage regulator, and tap the blue
wire into the D+ designation on the alternator. Then just connect up the Battery positive as before. Couldn't be easier and you can lose the voltage regulator entirely (gotta be worth at least an ounce or .0001 seconds at the track ).
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