what alternator on redtop conversion

[craig0120]

on my engine its got the wide type bottom pulley, not the twin v one.
when fitting a single v bottom pulley what alternator do i use?
if i change the alternator pulley for a single v one how will i tension the belt as the alternator doesnt move
cheers

[Philsutton]

You need the v type alternator as well, as the other one wont even get in the engine bay.

[craig0120]

will the 2.0 8v one fit? if not can i just swap the pulleys?

[Adam]

The 8v has a different bottom pulley.

You need a early XE bottom pulley.

[craig0120]

yeh im also looking for one of them.
should have explained it more. i meant can i swap the alternator pulleys from the xe to the 8v one which is a v type one

[Philsutton]

Yes you can swap the pulleys, i think anyway. Sure i had to do this to an astra but it was the other way ruond on the alternator

[Philsutton]

Actually forget that as you will need to have the different bracket for tensioning which the multi one doesnt have. So yes you will need the V-type alternator.

[Adam]

Iirc, Ste used a nova 8v alternator on his valver.

[craig0120]

i know i need the bracket jsut wondering wether or not i need the alternator