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<blockquote data-quote="FastlaneParts" data-source="post: 12808566" data-attributes="member: 145044"><p>I appreciate your understanding. I don't really care which alternator someone wants to buy, especially if they can save money. I just want to help educate people in their choices.</p><p></p><p>I agree that it is very common to see an item on a website with an incorrect picture, and that is probably the case. I kept returning to this thread hoping that someone out there was a selling a ford racing alternator, like what they use on factory-backed racecars (usually a variation of a permanent magnet alternator with custom mounts - permanent magnet rotor and MOSFET rectifiers... very cool stuff and VERY expensive.) </p><p></p><p>Ford named their 6g because it is the sixth alternator developed in the G series, it is still a three phase alternator. The G series started out with externally regulated units, and came into popularity with the 3g alternator being the first of Ford's internally regulated alternators - and that used to be the alternator of choice to swap into a fox body. Then the 4g came along as a thinner alternator, perfect to fit against the intake valley of the new modular motors, and as the famous "water pump alternator" on the later taurus/sable (the way that it mounts makes it look like a water pump). Moving along toward higher outputs, you have the 5g and 6g alternators. </p><p></p><p>All of these alternators are 3 phase, meaning that the stators have 3 different circuits in their windings (the stator is the coils of wire you see through the case). As the rotor spins, the stator fires its circuits in an A, B, C fashion. Six phase alternators have 6 circuits in the windings of the stator. They fire their circuits in an A, a, B, b, C, c fashion. The creates a much more stable electromagnetic field and requires more diodes which allows there to be a larger rectifier when making similar amperage of a three phase unit. This all translates to producing amperage more efficiently, with less heat. </p><p></p><p>Most manufacturers are moving to six phase technology in new vehicles. Ford, in particular, uses six phase on many of the new small cars (focus, fiesta, etc) and in the F series trucks (they are largely phasing out the 6g in these vehicles) The new mustang v8 has gone to a six phase unit, and I believe you will find one on the new Transit vans that will be replacing the Econoline series. :beer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FastlaneParts, post: 12808566, member: 145044"] I appreciate your understanding. I don't really care which alternator someone wants to buy, especially if they can save money. I just want to help educate people in their choices. I agree that it is very common to see an item on a website with an incorrect picture, and that is probably the case. I kept returning to this thread hoping that someone out there was a selling a ford racing alternator, like what they use on factory-backed racecars (usually a variation of a permanent magnet alternator with custom mounts - permanent magnet rotor and MOSFET rectifiers... very cool stuff and VERY expensive.) Ford named their 6g because it is the sixth alternator developed in the G series, it is still a three phase alternator. The G series started out with externally regulated units, and came into popularity with the 3g alternator being the first of Ford's internally regulated alternators - and that used to be the alternator of choice to swap into a fox body. Then the 4g came along as a thinner alternator, perfect to fit against the intake valley of the new modular motors, and as the famous "water pump alternator" on the later taurus/sable (the way that it mounts makes it look like a water pump). Moving along toward higher outputs, you have the 5g and 6g alternators. All of these alternators are 3 phase, meaning that the stators have 3 different circuits in their windings (the stator is the coils of wire you see through the case). As the rotor spins, the stator fires its circuits in an A, B, C fashion. Six phase alternators have 6 circuits in the windings of the stator. They fire their circuits in an A, a, B, b, C, c fashion. The creates a much more stable electromagnetic field and requires more diodes which allows there to be a larger rectifier when making similar amperage of a three phase unit. This all translates to producing amperage more efficiently, with less heat. Most manufacturers are moving to six phase technology in new vehicles. Ford, in particular, uses six phase on many of the new small cars (focus, fiesta, etc) and in the F series trucks (they are largely phasing out the 6g in these vehicles) The new mustang v8 has gone to a six phase unit, and I believe you will find one on the new Transit vans that will be replacing the Econoline series. :beer: [/QUOTE]
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