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So I went to my local Autozone to check out a new alternator cuz something in the pully in mine is ****ed (for my WS6). I took the alternator with me, and all the alternators they had stocked had different pulleys and mounting brackets. So i said screw it, and I went to R&S Strauss (another car store in the area). They want to do a special order thatll take an hour, and he asked me if its a V8 TBI or a V8 MPFI ... I said Ummm, its a V8 TPI .... he said "TPI?" ... i said "Yea, Tuned Port Injection" . While he was on the phone, he gathered a price for a TBI and MPFI alternator which looks pretty much the same except the mounting, both for $80 and a $30 core. Then he said it will cost $210 with a $40 core charge for a Tuned Port Injection ... WTF?! Am I dealing with idiots here?!

What Id like to know, TPI is MPFI, correct?! Then why the hell does it cost $100 more for a "TPI" Alternator?! LOL