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just posting to maybe help others out who search the internet for putting a cs144 in a ls1 fbody.
i searched quite a bit and found a few of threads asking the cs144 question but the posts quickly diverted to other alternators people would suggest.
long story short the cs144 is a dang good alt and will fit nice and clean if you dremel it to clear the pwr steering line coming off the rack.
it also helped a bunch to dislodge the fan assembly to get a little more wiggle room to get that pig of an alt in place, and i also removed the alt mount bracket and fit it together with the alt before bolting everything up. rear bracket isnt needed and i got an adaptor from powermaster but all you really need is a cs144 pigtail.
any reason to use the 144 over the 244 beside having a spare handy?
i dunno. im just simply posting what i had to do to make it fit for other people doing the same.
iirc most other threads asking about what it takes to mount up a cs144 quickly diverted to people mentioning other alternatives, which had i known the cs144 wasnt a direct fit without a dremel i would have considered a different unit. but now that its in there and working like it should im happy. its a big case and hopefully can handle more heat and rpm than the stock size.
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cs144 in 4th gen ls1 fbody 
