big ass alternator?

[strvger]

ive had the GM 1 wire conversion for almost 5yrs. It was ALMOST a direct bolt onto my 2.8 bracket. I just had to use washers for some spacers on the bottom pivot hole, and all i did was run the wire from the alternator to the starter solenoid.

need to know which gm alternator you used. thanks.

 

[NMB2]

ummmm I really dont know. I just walked into a napa and asked them for a 100+amp GM-1wire and he knew exactly what i was looking for. Ill find a part number off of it tomorrow for you if you cant find what you need. sorry i couldnt be more help.

 

[motaaa]

here is the alternator

this is what you do with the wire.

vwa-la, you have power.

Hope this helps you!

ah, it all makes sense now..
what king of GM vehicle will i find this alternator in? year? make?

 

[NMB2]

im pretty sure its a 70s and 80s GM truck. It definitly isnt newer. Again, I will find the number on it today, I have to go to work now but when I get home tonight I'll see if i cant check for you.

 

[martin]

83 Olds Ciera, 84 buick Century or any of the gm variants with the 2.8 v6. You might have to change the pulley as some of them had a multi-v pulley but that should not be much of a problem.

 

[holyford86]

I used a 130 amp 3.0 Taurus alternator, I had to swap it to a V belt pulley, it required a little bit of machining which would probably cost under 20 bucks if you had to pay someone to do it. I also had to make a little conversion bracket to get it to bolt into the slotted adjustment bracket on the 2.9. I had no issues with it in the 130 amp configuration and recently had it rebuilt to 200 amps, the only complaint I have with it is the belt life is not that great, I can get about a year out of a good belt.

 

[dusto2]

i did what holyford did its real easy to do it, i didnt have to machine the pulley though found one that worked fine for the v belt, and for the bracket i used a chevy 350 bracket re drilled at the bottom and bent to match the factory one and it worked perfect i can post pics later if ya want

 

[motaaa]

well then it looks like im heading to the junkyard tomorrow to see what i can dig up

 

[holyford86]

The bracket I made

 

[motaaa]

The bracket I made

for some reason my bracket is longer, i guess on your engine that ear thing on the alt had to be at 2 oclock but my factory alt had it top center like that picture