Upgraded my alternator

[Rocketman]

Figured this would be a good place to post this, I'm not running an audio system at the moment but I will be in the future.

My stock 105A alternator died on me. I'm a bit broke at the moment, I was intending on replacing it w/ a junkyard unit and grabbing an extra spare, but I had a 135A alternator from a Mercury Cougar 2.5L V6 laying around, I figured I'd try it for fitment. It was close enough to work with some new brackets. All it cost me was $20 for a new 2" longer belt

It's a Ford "3G" alternator. Pretty easy to wire up, used this info here: http://www.fordfuelinjection.com/?p=63

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My only issue is that it will probably interfere with the custom FSTB I am working on, it sits a lot higher. A custom mount bracket might correct this, but I'm not sure I'm willing to invest that much time in this.

What's interesting, is apparently there is a 200A version of this 3G alt...but I don't think it comes in the same case style used on the 2.5L V6.

On another note, I'll be beefing up my power & ground lines soon

Thoughts?

[BXX]

I dunno man, those altenators aren't really know for reliability. They love to just flat out die unexpectedly.

[Rocketman]

I'm still going to pick up some proper JY replacements, we'll see how this does for the time being. Didn't have to do any permanent mods to make it fit

[BXX]

Oh its cool and all. I can't keep looking at it, looks soooooooooooo weird to me

[Garrett Powered]

I just grinded off a bit of the bottom of my STB and it fits. and I have a cs144 on my 3400.

[rich_e777]

good for a quick fix, i`d still go hunting in the j/k. i found a brand new duralast gold alt. on a wrecked cadillac and only gave $20 bucks for it(over $100 new from autozone) works great and i didnt have any issues with my STB. Never know what you might find

[xtremerevolution]

I need to do this myself, but like hell if I'm going out there now. Its cold!