well i put the gm alternator conversion on that someone posted a link to from ebay and it seems to be working well we had narrowed the problem down to either the generator or alternator because we couldnt see anything shorting out and i cleaned and replaced all wires and was still getting smoke from the old generator the only problem we still have is no headlights doing the conversion you disconnect the plug/harness that is plugged into the regulator does anyone know if the headlights are wired through this harness? if it is then that may be the reason for no headlights before if the reg. was shot and not putting out the correct power to the headlights and now that it is disconnected it deffinatly wouldnt work we are thinking about putting some chevy headlights in it and just running all new wires for them. sorry for the long post.