Many places will rewind a stock alternator for more output, but unfortunately for me, no one will rewind a Mazda 3's Alternator because it is foreign and it is a Mitsibishi. I have to buy one somewhere. I looked online and almost no where offers a HO ALT for my car, but so far this is what I've found.
Iraggi Alternators 200 amps with a Idle performance chart to prove it ($360)
Manicelectroncis These guys don't have a performance chart but say that it does 160 amps at 1800 rpms. ($300)
Both brands sell on ebay. Iraggi Alternators is run by a guy named Dominick Iraggi. I think he runs the whole show by himself. Either way I've heard awesome things about his work. Steve Meade uses Iraggi Alternators for his SPL builds. The only worry I have is some of the feedback left about them on ebay. Manicelectronics however has perfect feedback but I don't trust the quality of alternator as much. I'm still leaning towards Iraggi for the quality of alternators he builds and because he just emailed me with his work phone, cell phone and email. I should be able to buy this alternator in February for my birthday.
If you have the same car and are looking for one DO NOT BUY A one size fits all or conversion brackets. I promise they will not fit. You will have to do some very custom brackets to make it fit. I have a picture of an example of a one size fits all high output alternator and the mazda's alternator.
The one on the left is a once size fits all and the one on the right is a mazda 3 alternator. Notice the brackets on both of them. That would not be fun to cut and weld brackets to fit. It's not impossible, just time consuming.
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