FOX ALTERNATOR UPGRADE. WHICH ONE? HELP PLEASE. NEED ONE ASAP.
05-15-2006, 01:06 AM
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RE: FOX ALTERNATOR UPGRADE. WHICH ONE? HELP PLEASE. NEED ONE ASAP.
ORIGINAL: settled4automatic
Bringin this thread back to life
i'm going to do the 3g conversion here on my 88gt soon. would you guys recommend getting a new 3g alternator?... or getting one off a car at the junk yard?? i don't know how much it would be at a junk yard, $50 or something -- but i can get a new one for $170+tax at my ford dealer.. i'm afraid of a junk yard one acting up, since it will have probably been sitting for a while. tell me what you all think --
new 3g/junkyard 3g?????
Bringin this thread back to life
i'm going to do the 3g conversion here on my 88gt soon. would you guys recommend getting a new 3g alternator?... or getting one off a car at the junk yard?? i don't know how much it would be at a junk yard, $50 or something -- but i can get a new one for $170+tax at my ford dealer.. i'm afraid of a junk yard one acting up, since it will have probably been sitting for a while. tell me what you all think --
new 3g/junkyard 3g?????
05-15-2006, 03:28 AM
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RE: FOX ALTERNATOR UPGRADE. WHICH ONE? HELP PLEASE. NEED ONE ASAP.
cool. i think i'm just gonna get a new 3g from my ford shop. i work at a GM shop, but my company has this other ford shop, along with another nissan/subaru -- so i get looootsa parts at cost i don't know if the $170 they priced me has any kinda core knockoff tho.. check into that tomorra!
i don't know if the $170 they priced me has any kinda core knockoff tho.. check into that tomorra!
05-21-2006, 10:34 PM
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RE: FOX ALTERNATOR UPGRADE. WHICH ONE? HELP PLEASE. NEED ONE ASAP.
Hey guys I need to bring this thread back to life. I referred to these 2 links and installed a 3g alt last night and Im not getting any juice.
http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2...ce/index.shtml
http://www.corral.net/tech/maintenance/130a-tech.html
Here is what I did:
On the factory alt there is 2 connectors. I cut the one with the 2 black and orange wires and the small yellow and black (maybe white with a black stripe). Then I put terminals on the 2 black and orange wires and screwed them on the 3g post with a 4 gauge wire also going to the starter relay. The yellow black wire I spliced into the single wire going into the 3g alt. The other plug fits right into the plug in the 3g alt.
http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2...ce/index.shtml
http://www.corral.net/tech/maintenance/130a-tech.html
Here is what I did:
On the factory alt there is 2 connectors. I cut the one with the 2 black and orange wires and the small yellow and black (maybe white with a black stripe). Then I put terminals on the 2 black and orange wires and screwed them on the 3g post with a 4 gauge wire also going to the starter relay. The yellow black wire I spliced into the single wire going into the 3g alt. The other plug fits right into the plug in the 3g alt.
05-22-2006, 11:26 AM
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RE: FOX ALTERNATOR UPGRADE. WHICH ONE? HELP PLEASE. NEED ONE ASAP.
I don't think you can use the stock plug on the new alt....I beleive the stocker only uses 2 of the 3 wires while the 3g uses 3 wires. You have to splice a harness in..... that's what I read.
05-22-2006, 12:07 PM
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RE: FOX ALTERNATOR UPGRADE. WHICH ONE? HELP PLEASE. NEED ONE ASAP.
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I don't think you can use the stock plug on the new alt....I beleive the stocker only uses 2 of the 3 wires while the 3g uses 3 wires. You have to splice a harness in..... that's what I read.
I don't think you can use the stock plug on the new alt....I beleive the stocker only uses 2 of the 3 wires while the 3g uses 3 wires. You have to splice a harness in..... that's what I read.
05-22-2006, 12:21 PM
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RE: FOX ALTERNATOR UPGRADE. WHICH ONE? HELP PLEASE. NEED ONE ASAP.
My factory alternator is 130 amp. I ran a 137 dB 2000 watt stereo off of this, no problems, no dimming lights or anything. 200 amp......what for? You dont have that many accessories. I think the one off of an 86 GT(should be similar output 130amp), will have the proper plug you need. Should be a direct bolt in.
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