nice work!
That Ugly Alternator
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From: Machineguns, because I don’t compromise
You could always polish it. 
Had a starter stop take the alternator apart, and rebuild it after I gave them the polished halves back.
Might was well polish the power steering pump and add a billit pulley..
Had a starter stop take the alternator apart, and rebuild it after I gave them the polished halves back.
Might was well polish the power steering pump and add a billit pulley..
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Just a warning to others, it is not that simple to pull apart the alternator to polish the housing if you dont know what your doing. I pulled mine out yesterday and tried to pull it apart, ended up breaking the brushes that ride against the rotor 
I know see I took it apart the wrong way. Now my car is down until I get this damn thing fixed or buy a new one. I want to polish the housing with the drill and wire brush then clear coat it. Thats what I did with the throttle body and it came out great. Looking for a rebuild kit for the alt now, freaking new ones are $3-400....
I know see I took it apart the wrong way. Now my car is down until I get this damn thing fixed or buy a new one. I want to polish the housing with the drill and wire brush then clear coat it. Thats what I did with the throttle body and it came out great. Looking for a rebuild kit for the alt now, freaking new ones are $3-400....
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Here are some pics of a standard alternator cover and the new perforated version
Standard C5 Corvette Alternator Cover
Perforated C5 Corvette Alternator Cover
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Standard C5 Corvette Alternator Cover
Perforated C5 Corvette Alternator Cover
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From: Machineguns, because I don’t compromise
Hours/Nights/Weekends/2 Years of sanding, making a mess, talks with your wife.... etc.. and you can get the same results. 
Yup, major issues. I only paid $25 to the shop that took it apart, and rebuilt it. The kits are cheap if you're a shop. Always have the tear/down - rebuild done by a shop. I know that doesn't help YOU now, but I'm only saying for the others. Up to $60 is a fair quote.
Just a warning to others, it is not that simple to pull apart the alternator to polish the housing if you dont know what your doing. I pulled mine out yesterday and tried to pull it apart, ended up breaking the brushes that ride against the rotor I know see I took it apart the wrong way. Now my car is down until I get this damn thing fixed or buy a new one. I want to polish the housing with the drill and wire brush then clear coat it. Thats what I did with the throttle body and it came out great. Looking for a rebuild kit for the alt now, freaking new ones are $3-400....
I know see I took it apart the wrong way. Now my car is down until I get this damn thing fixed or buy a new one. I want to polish the housing with the drill and wire brush then clear coat it. Thats what I did with the throttle body and it came out great. Looking for a rebuild kit for the alt now, freaking new ones are $3-400....
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I have seen your post before and I agree that you do nice work, but I have a question. Once you have it all polished, are you clearcoating it? If not how do you plan on keeping it looking like that once everything is reassembled?
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From: Machineguns, because I don’t compromise
No clear coat. Still looks like new today. The only secret is to not drive in the rain. The grime water/mist gets all over and you have to clean it off otherwise it bakes on and turns nice work to junk.
So... just stay out of the rain, and once in a while go over it with some window cleaner (Windex/etc) and a microfiber towel. Drive it on nice days and it will last years.
I did tear some of the engine apart to swap cams about 2 months ago, I retouched a few items just for maintenance but that's just because I had them easily available.
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St. Jude Donor '11
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I took my carbon fiber cover off last week and so far with the alternator on the car I have spent maybe a half hour on it with the Scotch Brite pad and here is what I have so far. Hope to remove it from the car next week and work on it even more.
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Dam that looks good! Did you just use the Scoth Brite dry? Or with some chemical?
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There used to be. It was Superman09.
I was the polisher behind it. For just $125 you could get a fully polished and rebuilt unit... YOUR unit that you sent in.
After a few months of nothing but tire kicker cheapskates on everything I called it quits. The end of that. Wasn't worth the start stop, once in a while broke back asking.
The C5 was/IS the new C4 as there isn't any money it seemed to spend on anything but gasoline, sales came from C6 owners.
No body could put up money after big MOUTH talk.
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I thought of you when I started reading this post. Still looking good under the hood.
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I remember reading on how someone was converting the MSD billet alternators for use in C5's, but they were soo expensive....but omg were they sweeeet....maybe someday if I can find a used one since I don't think MSD sells them anymore.