so i just got my car running yesterday! feels great
but today my alternator went out... feels bad.
so i talked to a few stores in my area and none of them stock a 1991 rx7 turbo alternator, or a 1993 but an employee was helpful and said i can use a mustang cobra alternator and its pretty straight forward.
has anybody done this or know how to? google did not prove much help.

 

Search. There are quite a few alternator conversions. I myself have had luck using a 105 amp '92 LeSabre alternator. I also have a 130 amp Taurus alt in the basement that I'm prepping. Both drop in with very minor modification, as well as swapping the pulleys.

https://www.rx7club.com/search.php?searchid=9334689

 

im trying to avoid anything thats not plug and play, im not mechanically inclined... electronics are a whole new world to me

 

well you'll having to do some wiring for sure even if you get the matching pigtail for the alt. when you find one . cause its most likely not gonna plug and play with the stock harness

 

Not necessarily.
The FD is a direct plug-n-play swap (except for the pulley) and there are a multitude of Mazdas that use the same frame (and electrical plug) as the stock S5.

 

well brotha i guess you know a lil more then me in that area . i can totally see that though . i guess its just cause im thinking s4 and i had to mess with my wiring for the fd alt i have. but its really nothing most cant handle .as for the pulley i guess i lucked out cause my spare s4 t2 keg came with a serp belt set up on it with the fd alt

 

The only reason I know is because I recently spent time on the NAPA website, followed by several hours in the junkyard, searching for a suitable replacement.
MX-6, some 626 and 929's all use an alternator body practically identical to the S5...the main difference being the nominal output.
I picked one from a 929 ($25!) that looked brand new (and may well have been) that is rated at 100A and tested at 110A.

Lucky me.

 

thats good info though to know