I'm looking for a new alternator and I was wondering if anyone knows, are the alternators for the VE and VG compatable with each other. I looked it up and it calls for two different part numbers but I'm heading to the junkyard next week and I doubt there's going to be any VE's there. Thanks.

 

The mounting points are clocked differently from ve/vg...Also the ve alty is 95 amps/vs the vg 90 amps...

in short,no go on the vg alty working on a ve engine..

 

Bummer...That's what I was afriad of

 

to both of you
do a search and you'll find one thread where it has been done. I believe it was Vans that did it.

 

He asked if the ve/vg altys were compatible,no they are not plug-n-play compatible...



And yes,i remember vans frankensteined alty..I doubt jon wants to screw around with all that jury rigging though...

 

they aren't as different as everyone likes to think.
the physical connector is the same just a different location.
the mounting difference is not much, heck I have one customer that swaps them around all the time (though it is on medium duty trucks)

 

He alternates his alternators?

 

 

Nah, I already had to bite the bullet and bought a re-man for $200. That was with my discount too! I was almost debating pulling it apart and fixing it myself, I used to work on them in school but I'm lazy... None the less I have a "lifetime warranty" now. I just hope this alternator lasts longer than my autozone slave cylinder that I have to replace every few months

 

The trick to those lifetime warranties is that you have to have a replacement alternator on hand while yours gets fixed. Coincidentally mine died yesterday, only to spring back to life later on. Never gave me the usuall battery/brake light though, im having it rebuilt locally tomorrow.

 

I always get it rebuilt at a local shop near me. They use great materials and Ive never had a problem.

My s10 had a reman'd alt and it sucked. I got rid of it before it had a chance to die again other wise I would have gotten it rebuilt at the shop. Its much cheaper and its more reliable. There really isn't a reason not to do it...

~Alex