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Title: What battery to get?
Post by: LazyLunatic on 11 May 2009, 14:39

I think i need a battery for my 1.8t. i dont think the 1.4 battery wil do the job.

i ask because i dont know how specific the cranking amp is to the power of an engine, etc. there are many 1.8t engines, S3, vrs, mk4 golf, cupra's......... the 150bhp, 180bhp and 210/225 have different battery's but i dont know which battery to go for. i got an AUM, which will be running around 230bhp.

how important is it to get the right battery? or can i just run the 1.4 battery for now.


stats according to eurocarparts.com:

150bhp battery - 12v 55Ah, 540CA
180bhp battery - 12v 70Ah, 720CA
210/225 battery - 12v 100Ah, 800CA


cheers :)

Title: Re: What battery to get?
Post by: danny_p on 11 May 2009, 18:30

battery size isn't really related to engine size out output,  amount of power munching toys fitted, bigger engine normaly mean more toys henec bigger battery.   1400 battery will be fine for now

Title: Re: What battery to get?
Post by: LazyLunatic on 12 May 2009, 10:40

Quote from: danny_p on 11 May 2009, 18:30

battery size isn't really related to engine size out output,  amount of power munching toys fitted, bigger engine normaly mean more toys henec bigger battery.   1400 battery will be fine for now

ideal. thanks for your help :)

Title: Re: What battery to get?
Post by: diddu on 10 June 2009, 21:34

hi
I need to buy an 1.8turbo 20valve engine can someone tell me from where I can find one. please e-mail me on christjoe_caruana@hotmail.co.uk

Title: Re: What battery to get?
Post by: danny_p on 10 June 2009, 22:56

open eyes and look there not exactly rare  vw fitted them to nearly everything they made

Title: Re: What battery to get?
Post by: bully85 on 11 June 2009, 20:54

redtop :evil:

Title: Re: What battery to get?
Post by: bully85 on 11 June 2009, 20:56

redtop :evil: