Guest Zachb55 Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Ok, im swapping the aformentioned alternator into my Z. but i noticed that the lower bracket will definately not work, is there a different one from the L series that i can use or do i need to hack up mine? -Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240zprace Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Zcreations carry one you could buy for $100 or you can try fabricating one yourself like i did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 240zJake Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Well then disregaurd the reply in the other post... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zachb55 Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 yeah, my step dad suggested this to me so im gonna give it a whirl. I still need to know where the small white/red wire goes from the stock regulator (on the wheel well), because on the z car creations site where it says how to convert from a external reg to an internal reg it says i need to connect that wire to another one? and i dont even have that wire, lol. thanks for all the help, especially you 240zJake! if anyone has info on that one wire that will be usefull. any one have any better info then what is given on their site about what wire goes where for this swap? also if i just cut the forward 1.5 inch section off of my stock mount and re-tap it then it should line up? thanks again, -Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zachb55 Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 ok, this is bad, i really need some help now people, and maybe a new alternator. this morning i started the car up and the alternator started spewing some thick white electrical smoke and so i turned the car off and removed the key. weird thing is that i had already driven it and had it running for a good half hour since the install and nothing happened (except it was finally charginf right.) i havent connected the old regulator wires like the zcarcreations.com place said to, but i didnt think those mattered that much, i assume those could be the problem though? help! -Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preith Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 I still need to know where the small white/red wire goes from the stock regulator (on the wheel well), because on the z car creations site where it says how to convert from a external reg to an internal reg it says i need to connect that wire to another one? and i dont even have that wire, lol I recently did this conversion to my 240. The white wire on the top of the alt. goes to a warning lamp on the dash when it's no longer putting out any voltage. I didn't bother with it since I'm using an autometer guage, but you could hook it up to the stock gauge. I beleive Craig covers this on his page. The red one you need to provide power to. This one "energizes" the charging circuit, effectively turning it on. All you need is a line which provides power with the ignition switch on. This brings up an interesting question. Has anyone jumped this right to the output on the alt? This would supply power continuosly of course, but will it drain the batterey? As for trying to use the stock wiring from the regulator, can't help you out there, just did mine from scratch. also if i just cut the forward 1.5 inch section off of my stock mount and re-tap it then it should line up? I tried this as well, and was not happy with the lack of support. I ended up buying the bracket. I could have made my own too, but it was a time saver. With the bracket it was much, much better. BTW, I easily found a few pages off a Google search which listed all of the connections and requirments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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