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Topic: Battery
Posted By: stu2002
Subject: Battery
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 04:48

Thinking about fitting a more powerful battery.  Just looking at the Varta website, it shows a battery for the Ti which is rated at 50Ah & 540A cold test current (the standard is 40Ah & 360A cold).

Any idea why they should specify this battery as only suitable for the Ti, as opposed to the single carb, Tii & Turbo?

If I fitted one of these batteries to my single carb 02 am I likely to start a fire, i.e. burn out the wiring to the starter motor?  Or do anything else unpleasant?  Thanks.



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Posted By: bmw2002
Date Posted: 09-March-2006 at 03:59
There shouldn't be any problems fitting a high current battery, the Tii & Turbo's had a higher rated one as it had addition electric fuel pump. The Wiring loom etc is all the same. However, your alternator might need updating to the Tii/Turbo high current rated one, so it keeps the battery in top condition. The Regulator makes sure that it doesn't over charge it. You also can fit early E28 alternators I think it's mentioned on the www.bmw2002faq.com site. I did feature this years ago might have it somewhere. Rich.

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Posted By: bmw2002
Date Posted: 09-March-2006 at 04:22
Here's the link to the upgrade: http://www.zeebuck.com/bimmers/bmvseite/ - Alternator Upgrade

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