4agze - 4age alternators

[Stej]

hey people was just wondering if the 4age alternators were the same as the 4agze alternators

cheers

[Nikkojoe]

No they aren't. 4agze's use an external regulator whereas 4age's are internal (it will say Regulator Built in on the sticker of the alternator).

[Hen is a total nutcase]

All the ZE alternators I have seen (AE92 and AE101) have internal regulators. AW11 may be different though I would be suprised.

But they are different. ZE alternators are physically smaller.

[Tyrie]

I'm not 100% sure if the alternator on my 4agze was original, but it only reqired a few minutes with an angle grinder to make it fit the 4age brackets

[Nikkojoe]

All 4AGZE wiring harnesses i've seen have external regulator wiring and the same external regulator (even my ae101 loom was external, afm loom external- both aw11 and ae92).

That said, the engine I got came with an alternator with built in regulator, though i suspect it was changed when the factory wiring loom was hacked up (made it easy for me to wire though :))