did you ever decide? i am converting both my 20th and my 1990 351w bronco. I am unsure nowadays if anyone here has found an even larger ampacity alt in the same case size,, as in,, "shop for this xyz car" and you will have a bolt on unit.
I will be redoing the main wiring to #6 cause i have a bunch of that in rhh/rhw flex telecom rated & solder lugs and such.
Yeah, i went with a factory remanufactured stock 60amp 1g one in the tbird. I figured the car is likely to stay bone stock so why bother. I put the 100amp upgraded 1g into my mustang turbo convertible along with a nos harness for it. I never got around to measuring current amps on the tbird at idle but the mustang pulled around 26 amps.
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did you ever decide? i am converting both my 20th and my 1990 351w bronco. I am unsure nowadays if anyone here has found an even larger ampacity alt in the same case size,, as in,, "shop for this xyz car" and you will have a bolt on unit.
I will be redoing the main wiring to #6 cause i have a bunch of that in rhh/rhw flex telecom rated & solder lugs and such.
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update....... just completed the use of "heater hose" , the kind with fiber inside and it worked. vid uploading and forthcoming. i used the same process to assemble and al went very very well. i was also able to check to insure there is no crookedness using simple tools.
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update........... called "pioneer automotive industries" and they agreed their database is incorrect and that a 351w is 28oz imbalance for pre adn post 82'. the 302 is also 28oz pre82' and 50oz post 82.... "ish",, and then the debat goes on for 1981 samples.
so............ pioneer refered me to "damperdudes" out of claifornia. i called them and they say they are repairing dampers with two part silicone and baking them. they set them up in a jig,,, and inject the two part silicone,, let it start to set then bake. they mentioned that in california,, rubber was classified as a health hazard and they had to spend more money to retool and meet state epa and global warming regs. damper dudes and i discussed my measurements and observations and agreed that they to would be simply pressing these reman units together but they never consiered using recycled material like rad hose. i found out that rad hose failed due to its excessive thickness. the natural gap aorund the hub to intertia ring is .100''. rad hose is .180'',,, heater hose is .140''. i am doing part 2 with heater hose to press fit and repair.
its amazing how good of shap that lower rad core support is in. you amaze me with your quarky appreciation for the odd fox box platforms. im sure you will turn it into a gem!
Well, there is a bit of damage hiding on the bottom rear of the passenger side of it, but nothing I wanted to mess with. This is a car that is going to get DRIVEN, so I wanted to make sire things were sealed/fresh.
Truth be told. If I didn't have the '83 TBird, I'd be building up another 80-82 Box TBird/Cougar XR-7 in its place.
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its amazing how good of shap that lower rad core support is in. you amaze me with your quarky appreciation for the odd fox box platforms. im sure you will turn it into a gem!
