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Circuit Sports Alternator - Any Good?

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I'm thinking of changing my alternator out as the car is 20 years old now and the chances of it screwing me on the side of a road somewhere increase as the years do.

I found a very well priced option from circuit sports in the US (available through www.frsport.com or search circuit sports) which is around USD$185 plus shipping (sorry cant post the link, my browser is playing up) but Im unsure as to whether this is worth it or not.

Does anyone have experience with this brand's alternator (or infact this brands products)? whats the quality and fit like?

thanks

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Dose Pipe Sutututu Grand Master

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Using one atm, can't fault it. Voltages have been rock solid.

I went through 2x used R33 alternators, all had the same issue. Idles at 13.8, rev it and it drops to like 12v thus the constant misfiring.

Bought a brand new CS one for less than the price of reconditioning the OEM alternator and it has been good (so far).

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On 7/30/2016 at 5:50 PM, ausdrift said:

For the record, I did end up buying one. It only needed a very minor modification to fit and seems to work fine. Looks nice and shiny too

Looking at getting one of these, what needed modifying to make it fit?

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