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82 GT · 07-10-2001, 08:51 PM

I got my 100amp alternator from Summit today and went to install it, thinking it would be a direct bolt on....NOPE!!
My first problem was that my engine is an early 351W and not a 5.0 for which it was meant for. I am going to have to grind some metal off the lower bracket for the fins to clear it. I also need an inch shorter alternator belt because I have to also move the lower bracket down. The two alternators "look" alike but there are slight differences that require these mods.
Tomorrow I will take my bracket to work and grind it down and try again tomorrow night.
It would be a direct fit for a 5.0

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'82 GT 351W C-4,BBK headers,Carter 625 carb,Comp.Cam,Flowmaster exhaust.
1988 GT...T-5,bone stock

07-10-2001, 08:51 PM	#1
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	My Summit one wire race alternator arrived I got my 100amp alternator from Summit today and went to install it, thinking it would be a direct bolt on....NOPE!! My first problem was that my engine is an early 351W and not a 5.0 for which it was meant for. I am going to have to grind some metal off the lower bracket for the fins to clear it. I also need an inch shorter alternator belt because I have to also move the lower bracket down. The two alternators "look" alike but there are slight differences that require these mods. Tomorrow I will take my bracket to work and grind it down and try again tomorrow night. It would be a direct fit for a 5.0 ------------------ '82 GT 351W C-4,BBK headers,Carter 625 carb,Comp.Cam,Flowmaster exhaust. 1988 GT...T-5,bone stock