{Electrical} 3G swap

[Archangel]

Last week in the salvage yard i found a beautiful '80s Continental with a remanifactured 100A alternator, it had the external voltage regulator.

[Freshmeat]

I have a custom-wound 200amp alternator in the wagon.


Can someone say dual fans?

[Archangel]

I have a custom-wound 200amp alternator in the wagon.

How much did you pay for that beast? Just curious :heyhey:

Can someone say dual fans?

Nope, but you got me thinking of dual alternators -> 260A will beat your 200A right away :evil:

[Freshmeat]

I paid $150 for it on eBay. O'Reilly read 197 amps when the chick tested it after install.

Thought about calling the guy and asking if I could send it back because it wasn't a full 200.

[Blaze86Vic]

I bought a 65amp and after installing it I tested it and it was putting out 130+amps

[grandpaslincoln]

I need to do an alt upgrade, this 65 amp alt is just poopy.

[DuceAnAHalf]

The newer P71s come stock with 200A alternators.

Also if you want a really high output alternator go to Ohio generator

[Archangel]

Also if you want a really high output alternator go to Ohio generator

Love them dual alternator brackets But I'm gonna make mine even better, gonna use a T-bird bracket so I have one 130A alternator on each side of the engine - now that's gonna be sweet, don't you think? I even found me the alternator (small-case ones are really hard to find in my junkyard), I only need to go next weekend and pull it off.

[Archangel]

Here're two pics of the alternator installed:

[85crownHPP]

I keep l;ooking for 3G's at the yard and I cant seen to find the small frame one... they make large and small right? or are my eyes just fooling me?

[Archangel]

Ithey make large and small right? or are my eyes just fooling me?

Nope, your eyes are just fine - there are two sizes of 3G alternators. The larger one can be mostlu found on 3.0 V6-equipped cars, while the small-case seems to be more common for the 3.8 V6. However my alternator came from a '91 3.0 Taurus and I've seen '94 3.8 Tauruses with both type - go figure :drug: You'll know when you see a small-case alternator as it's exactly the same size as your 65A unit, the large-case one has mounting tabs that are about 1" longer than what you need (nothing a Dremel with the right toolbit cannot fix in like 5 minutes).

[Archangel]

Just another pic of the wiring, if someone's interested in upgrading to the 3G alternator soon:

[Lincolnmania]

hmm your towncar has front end braces........u got any of those in stock pete?.......dont see those around here lately

[Archangel]

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Lol, yeah, my Townie is like a PI - faster than it looks, handles much better than it looks, and has some unexpected goodies here and there The braces I added myself, figured if they're good enough for a CVPI, they're good enough for me too. Same with the pushbar, comes really handy when I park on the side of the street and some idiots close me in - I usually have no problems moving the one in front of me just enough so I can get out, no damage on their bumper either
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[DuceAnAHalf]

I have a custom-wound 200amp alternator in the wagon.


Can someone say dual fans?

I have a fan off of a 96 P71, that along with the single core Griffin aluminum radiator, and cast iron waterpump keep my Windsoe a dead solid 190 F. When i get on it it will climb to a little over 200 once i let off the temp drops right back down. This is with straight tap water and a bottle of Red Line Water Wetter. I need to throw some antifreeze in it pretty soon for the 3 days of the year where the temp actually drops to below 32 for a few hours.