Re: Toyota alternator swap

[Sean Bolter <bolterman@xxxxxxxx>]

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One wire or two, they still look a heckuva lot alike.  Especially when
you don't have the Mopar control box staring you in the face.

Sean Bolter


On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 18:47:19 -0500 Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
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> The one wire doesn't put out at idle because it has to be excited. 
> That's 
> part of having a one wire.
> Yes the ammeter, or more specifically the way its wired, is the weak 
> link, 
> which is why I'm replacing mine with a volt meter.
> Wrong. Electronic distributors have two wires. Points has one.
> 
> Dave Casey
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sean Bolter" <bolterman@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:22 PM
> Subject: Toyota alternator swap
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> > --------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: bolterman@xxxxxxxx
> > To: northwestweirdo@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:13:56 -0400
> > Subject: Re: alt swap
> >
> > Neal, this is a trick set up.  You get an alternator for a 1985 
> Toyota
> > pickup, non-turbo engine.  You can go up to 1992, but the 1985 has 
> a
> > V-belt pulley like our cars.  You can either cut the harness plug 
> out of
> > a donor truck, or I found an electrical company that makes new 
> patch
> > plugs for this alternator, with wires about five inches long, for 
> $8.39.
> > I found another company online that makes complete mounting kits 
> for this
> > swap:  one for big blocks, one for older small blocks, and one for 
> newer
> > small blocks, for $45.00.  Finally, I found instructions on 
> another
> > website on how to wire it into our old cars--it's easier than you 
> might
> > think.
> >
> > This came about because Mopar guys were buying Powermaster 
> alternators,
> > which are made by a company called Denso.  Well, Denso also makes 
> the
> > Toyota truck alternator, and somebody discovered that, side by 
> side, they
> > look incredibly similar.
> >
> > I want a reliable, rugged street car that I can hammer unmerciful 
> over
> > big road trips.  So, here goes my thinking:  Typical performance
> > alternators are one-wire units, which are terrible at low speeds.  
> The
> > Toyota unit is a tiger at idle, far surpassing anything that came 
> on our
> > cars.  Second, I don't want to go over 70 amps, as I have seen a 
> few 70's
> > Dodge trucks with original alternators in this range that 
> literally
> > melted the amp gauge. (The amp gauge is THE weak link in our 
> electrical
> > system--that's why all modern cars use volt gauges.)  The Toyota's 
> 60 amp
> > unit will not be trouble.  Third, it has an internal regulator, 
> which
> > further cleans up my firewall.  Finally, it should be a lot easier 
> to
> > find if it fails on the road.
> >
> > I am no expert, thus my thinking on this may be off, but I think 
> this is
> > a win-win idea.  I prefer all Mopar parts, but I am also a 
> realist.
> >
> > P.S.  Another advantage to using an HEI control module with a 
> Mopar
> > electronic distributor:  You can route the little module under the 
> dash.
> > That way, people will think you are still running points!  Unless 
> they
> > notice the ballast resistor is missing!  To the naked eye, a 
> Mopar
> > electronic distributor looks like a points unit, right?
> >
> > Sean Bolter
> > 1964 Fury
> >
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