71 Dodge Dart Swinger in England
If i could make a recommendation. Skip the one wire alt. These are really designed for industrial applications, and a lot of times only start to charge at higher RPMs and come offline at idle. I purchased a 50A mini denso alternator with internal regulator. This is a 3 wire alt with T shaped plug.
I rrmoved my external regulator and just attached both wires together. Ran the green sense wire to the terminal in the alt marked I or Ign, and ran the output wire right to the battery with a correctly sized fusible link however a correctly sized mega or maxi fuse could also be used. The L terminal on the alternator can be used for an alt fault light in the dash but is not needed for operation.
Heres pix of the bracket setup i made for my mini denso. I'd also recommend the denso as its easy to get parts for it on any continent.
Also for headers try to make them fit, however id recommend TTI headers if you really have to have headers as these fit with no problems, or look for a set of 68 340 cast iron exhaust manifolds.
A dodge starter off the last generation of magnum V8s is a great upgrade as its half the size of your original starter and only weighs about 8 Lbs but has double the horsepower. These compact starters are made by denso and parts are fairly easy to find. These fit very good with headers and have enough space between them and a header to prevent heat soak causing starter failure.
Rear bumper refitted and reverse lights rewired as indicators
No idea what the previous owner was think when they used 3 in-line connectors on the same wire?? when it goes through the bulkhead to ignition switch there are another 2 connectors, so 5 on 1 wire!!! I'll be replace this with 1 wire.
What started out as a simply task to remove the plugs to check compression ended up a major strip down. Headers in the way of the back 2 spark plugs, solution remove header, but first the column must come out. But still the header wont come out, so disconnect the steering arms that go through the headers, then remove the steering pump. TBH it all need to come out as I want to heat warp the exhausts and make a little more clearance where the header was rubbing on the column and they where blowing at the manifold.
If i could make a recommendation. Skip the one wire alt. These are really designed for industrial applications, and a lot of times only start to charge at higher RPMs and come offline at idle. I purchased a 50A mini denso alternator with internal regulator. This is a 3 wire alt with T shaped plug.
I rrmoved my external regulator and just attached both wires together. Ran the green sense wire to the terminal in the alt marked I or Ign, and ran the output wire right to the battery with a correctly sized fusible link however a correctly sized mega or maxi fuse could also be used. The L terminal on the alternator can be used for an alt fault light in the dash but is not needed for operation.
Heres pix of the bracket setup i made for my mini denso. I'd also recommend the denso as its easy to get parts for it on any continent.
Also for headers try to make them fit, however id recommend TTI headers if you really have to have headers as these fit with no problems, or look for a set of 68 340 cast iron exhaust manifolds.
A dodge starter off the last generation of magnum V8s is a great upgrade as its half the size of your original starter and only weighs about 8 Lbs but has double the horsepower. These compact starters are made by denso and parts are fairly easy to find. These fit very good with headers and have enough space between them and a header to prevent heat soak causing starter failure.
