I ran across an article from MGCC news August of 96 dealing with
alternator conversions. I printed it out in case I couldn't find it again.
Severl points ... the increase in power (in his case )of over 22 amps
means a heaver cable is needed and it gets technical on hooking the cable
up. His conversion delt with replacing a generator with an alternator. He
ends the article by saying there is more to it than you may think. Try to
locate it it may give some insight or then again it may not be applicable
in your situation.
...Art
On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Simon Bosworth wrote:
> I managed to get a couple of upgrade jobs on the 74 GT done this
> weekend. First I fitted a new fuel tank to replace the old (rusty)
> one. I added a fitting to take returned fuel from a pressure regulator
> in anticipation of my fuel injection conversion. I also added a drain
> plug as the new tank did not come with one. It seemed like a good time
> to do this sort of thing while I could weld on the tank with impunity ;)
> I also fitted a 90A alternator (85 VW Golf GTI). Thanks to the
> person who sent me the info, (I lost the message so I can't credit the
> author).
> It was not too hard a job; I made up piece of 5/16 SS rod with threads
> on each end and an aluminium spacer. For the adjuster I used a chrome
> 'universal' adjuster from the local hot-rod shop; I just hacked the
> uneeded part off and drilled a new hole. I had to make up a spacer to
> fit between the alternator and the adjuster. I measured the required
> belt size with a piece of string and searched through the local Fleet
> Farm stock until I found one with the correct inside diameter.
> I bought a throttle body and MAF sensor off a '92 Escort and the
> next step is to make a plenum and intake runners with injector mounts.
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
> --
> Simon Bosworth
> simon@hpi50.dsddhc.com
>
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