Sorry to come in late, but I ran one of those large output alt's for several years on a fairly stock 302.
Damn near any time I hit the rev limiter, that alt would fail. Just missing an aggressive shift would kill it. It was costing me about $100 to repair it, and I did that every 6mo or so.
That was over 10yrs ago, so maybe they are more reliable now... but if you don't need that much power, there can be a downside to 'bigger is better'.
good luck!
Damn near any time I hit the rev limiter, that alt would fail. Just missing an aggressive shift would kill it. It was costing me about $100 to repair it, and I did that every 6mo or so.
That was over 10yrs ago, so maybe they are more reliable now... but if you don't need that much power, there can be a downside to 'bigger is better'.
good luck!