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3g/6g How do they look different?

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DRock9

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I went to carquest and told my buddy to get me an alternator from a 00-04 V6 Mustang because it should be the 6G alternator. Upon bringing it to my house and finding out what a 6g looks like, it does not look like the one I have.

Mine looks like View attachment 379803

Except that it has a gray housing for the plug, and not a white one. It has two electrical plugs, one I THINK is for the stator wire, which is supposed to be elimated on the 6g alternators.

It looks nothing like
Which is a 6G alternator...did he give me the wrong alternator?
 

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What's so much better about the 6G than the 3G?
 
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It is my understanding that you do not have to grind the bracket for the 6G and it has less rotating mass.
 
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The 6G alternator runs cooler/more stable and has less rotating mass (frees up HP) compared to Ford's previous models(3G). And the alternator does not require that the bracket be modified, it bolts directly in.
 
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Yea I am taking my alt back tomorrow and telling him I need one that looks like the one in the second pic.
 
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