The "Fool The ECU" issue is utterly different than the voltage regulator replacement issue. Of course they want to sell you a voltage regulator, but at the bottom of the page for sixteen dollars a Fool The ECU kit is available.
The aftermarket voltage regulator manufacturers play follow-the-leader when it comes to design and selection of surface mount devices. 99% of the aftermarket manufacturers are after "Do It Cheaper" and not "Do it better".
With non-critical charging conditions (no heavy sustained loads) the do it cheaper crowd can get away with murder. But like the edge of a steep cliff, once the regulator finds itself in water over its head, it blows up. Aftermarket rebuilder suppliers and rebuilders themselves are absolutely the best source of information for the durability of a rebuilt electrical component. They have warranty information, performance information, at their fingertips. They cannot afford to lose wholesale accounts and they cannot afford to have "comebacks". unlike OEM who are stuck good or bad with OEM only brand components, aftermarket parts wholesalers plus rebuilder companies have a selection available. At one time, Transpo manufactured alternator parts in a different league higher than any OEM. Better performance and vastly better lifespan. One particular 1116387 Delco voltage regulator failed in 1990, four years life. The replacement, a Transpo TVR-101-HD lasted 1990-2008. The vehicle saw identical service. I used both regs. The Transpo blew the Delco right out of the water longevity wise. The same with the separate and integral 1G, 2G, and 3G Ford regulators, the separate MoPar regs, everything else. Oropeza offered all regulators in a HD version. One amp output or full max output his regulators drifted less than .05 volt. Output transistor voltage saturation was his fetish and he found vendors that offered incredibly low saturation.
Until a voltage regulator PROVES it's durability and uniformity throughout thousands of regulators sold I remain a skeptic. I do not use Velcro and Wingnuts on voltage regulator installs. I remember blowing a Delco alternator diode trio in Patzcuaro which considerably forced alterations in my trip itinerary. When a taller electrico offered me a scumbag brand trio for the sum of ten dollars I told him he should have quoted a thousand dollars. Quien Sabe. Who knows? When I returned to the coast I took the Transpo supplied (they were not the manufacturer's of this part) diode trio out, and installed my normally issued RTB6 Motorola orange diode trio. Later, Oropeza endured an earful. He swapped vendors.
This boils down to NO STRANGE VOLTAGE REGULATORS for me. I do not have time to play DODGEM CARS on the non-existent shoulder of some Mexican highway. So the vendor that would supply a "Fools The ECU" component, would not supply my voltage regulator unless I knew who the hell made it so I could verify their durability credentials.
Making excellent voltage regulators is an art-form as well as a production goal.
