Performance alternator

[leviathon]

So my diode in the alternator went bad and need another one. Should I just keep with stock or something else?

 

[mfergel]

I had the problem and in my searching found that replacing the diode will just be a temp fix and that the problem is bound to happen again. I ended up going with the Performance Alternator. The first day I had it installed I did have some stall problems but that might have been due to charge issues with the battery as I'd been driving with the bad alternator for some time.

.............and greetings from a fellow Richmonder.

 

[amustangrocks]

i had this same decision to make a while back. i chose to have my oem motorcraft rebuilt by a local shop ($140) rather than buy a china alt for $300 even if it came with lifetime, and have not heard much good about the pa`s that people thought were gonna be a good choice a few yrs back.

ive got the cover over mine on the 05, but if i didnt the chrome one would be enticing, i think its a pa on am?

 

[Memphis 05]

I have th Orem, Oreillys and others go out on me...... I went with the pa performance alternator. No problems since.

I have heard that the charging wire needs to be changed out between the battery and alternator. Ford uses a smaller gauge wire stock. The pa alternator has an upgraded wire kit that address the issue

 

[mfergel]

i had this same decision to make a while back. i chose to have my oem motorcraft rebuilt by a local shop ($140) rather than buy a china alt for $300 even if it came with lifetime, and have not heard much good about the pa`s that people thought were gonna be a good choice a few yrs back.

ive got the cover over mine on the 05, but if i didnt the chrome one would be enticing, i think its a pa on am?

I had that same fear initially (especially since it stalled after installing the new one). I did various searches looking for reviews of the PA Alternator and did find a couple of them but found more issues of people saying their rebuild failed on them as well.

 

[leviathon]

seems like I might as well nip it in the bud and go with the PA alternator thanks guys, and wow had no idea a richmonder besides the big shots excited lol

 

[leviathon]

does anyone have a link to it?

 

[mfergel]

does anyone have a link to it?

Got mine through american muscle - available in chrome, silver and black.

http://search.americanmuscle.com/search?query=alternator

I got this one specifically - http://www.americanmuscle.com/130amp-alternator-0509gt.html

 

[leviathon]

crap I need mine for a v6 though

 

[mfergel]

Looks like they only have it in chrome right now. Same price. http://www.americanmuscle.com/chrome-alternator-0508v6.html

 

[leviathon]

ehh not to much of a chrome person. Wish there was a little more mods out there for v6s

 

[mfergel]

Here's the link to the company. Maybe they have something. - http://www.pa-performance.com/Scripts/default.asp

 

[leviathon]

found them, man, 300 for it lol

 

[fdjizm]

I'd stick with OEM!

 

[leviathon]

what about tuff stuff? i saw them while farting around on summit racing, anyone ever use their stuff?

 

[amustangrocks]

well, what did you decide to do?

 

[leviathon]

I ended up settling on a standard one today and used the extra money i planned on spending to buy some kenny brown jack rails

well, what did you decide to do?

 

[zquez]

Department of Boost is working on an all new performance alternator made with some high quality stuff. It wont be ready till Spring though I think so that doesn't help you much today. But now you know when this one craps out theres another option.