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Originally Posted by Rob Channell
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For relevant content, I ran into one fellow once at an event that had gotten rid of the electricals of the original alternator and had gone with an AC/Delco unit mounted out to the side on an adapter plate instead of the A/C compressor. He said he liked it better and could get more amperage and longer life. I wish I had taken pictues now.
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I've seen this done too. Excellence ran a story about some brothers who modified Porsche's for a living. The car in the story was yellow and had pretty radical body and engine mods. I still have to the issue somewhere. It's maybe 10 years ago now.
From memory this alternator was mounted to the left as you looked at the engine. Still had a stock looking fan. I'm guessing they gutted an old alternator to mount the fan inside the housing.
The reason it sticks in my memory is because my alternator failed on my car just after I bought it. $800 for a brand new one from the dealership. I was lucky because they had one sitting on the shelf they let me have for trade price.
Of course mounting an alternator like this opens up all sorts of options. For instance... A high output MSD alternator?