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don't know of any mag engines using an internal regulated alt. they were all computer controled.



This!

when I went carb'd bigblock on my 98 Dakota, I used the stock alternator that was on the V6 in the truck originally. wired it up to a 1970s style VR and it worked fine.

For awhile, I thought I was running at 16 volts with RPM and 14v at idle, and thought maybe I had voltage drop issues in one of the sense wires or that the VR was bad. I eventually put a voltmeter on the battery itself and saw that I was really getting about 12.5 at idle and 14.5 with RPM.

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