Upgrading 37amp Alternator to a 50amp?

Upgrading 37amp Alternator to a 50amp?

67Dart273, thanks for your help/patience. As you can see, I'm a complete noob when it comes to this wiring stuff.

I do have the earlier ('61-69) volt regulator installed (ordered it from Year One, part RX346).

Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the rubber boot I can send you because the core was turned into Autozone the other day. Tried to call tonight to get it back but it was already gone. There was just a rubber boot covering 1 FLD connector at the 3:00 o'clock position as you were looking at the ALT from the back (assuming mounting bolt is at 12:00 o'clock). It had a green wire running from the other FLD that was directly under the mounting bolt and there was a ring terminal with a few cables (including black) running to the BAT post. These were the only wires connected - no separate ground wire.

I've basically connected this new 1 field version up the exact same way as the old 2 field version was. Since the 2 field version wasn't using one of it's FLD connectors via a rubber boot, did this essentially make it a 1 field version?

If this new 1 field version is indeed internally grounded and I run the green wire from the 1 FLD to the volt regulator, will I essentially be grounding the thing twice? If so, does this really matter?

I'm just trying to find a quick solution so I can try and get the car into a cruise tomorrow night and I don't want to burn the thing up.