283/327 both can take an alternator directly in place of the generator on the rams head exhaust - no it doesn't get any hotter than it can stand, or as hot as the manifold, or any hotter than the oil filter that hangs on the 6cyl manifold!

might have to fudge the adjustment arm a bit, but worked easy on my 283 - not sure where my bracket came from, other than my parts pile grin but I think you'd be able to use the gen bracket w/ a little ingenuity and a spacer to adapt for the alt having a shorter mount flange, and if you can find any wrecking yard truck w/ rams horns, you might find a bracket there

Bill


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"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
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