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Old 08-10-2011, 07:18 AM
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Default running an alternator backwards ?

i have some issues with clearance on a project.

if i turn the alternator around so it faces the engine and mount it the other way will it still charge ok and just be the fan going wrong way round ?
Old 08-10-2011, 07:39 AM
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Apparently it will work,I posted last year about a mate of mine dropping a Scorpio v6 into a scimitar and that was the only issue

I think it was tabs that said it would work

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Old 08-10-2011, 08:22 AM
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Alternator will work, but as you said the fan may not be as effective. You could get a fan that is made to spin the other way though, if it starts getting too hot.
Old 08-10-2011, 01:25 PM
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Surely it will just suck electricity in and then give the engine more power through the belt and pulley?













Old 08-10-2011, 05:02 PM
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yes it charges/ yes it overheats /yes it destroys the alternator / yes anticlock alternators exist/yes u can get anti clock cooling fans
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