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Originally Posted by samiam44
Where are we located?
I'm buying a bosch regulator from aftermarket suppliers(********, epsparts, fastlane etc). Dealership it would be $50 usd or so. Sometime the aftermarket system doesn't look it up so well and knowing the factory number helps for their lookup. It's a game between websites and some work with the bosch #- but won't know it's on your car.
Statement still stands- WHY use an 80A alternator when you can easily put a 143A one on your car? I understand Steve's comments as he works at a shop- so he is putting a rebuilt Bosch alternator on customers cars- it's an improvement. But the real untold advantage with the 143A is bosch seems to have upped the voltage range. Those you can pull nearly 100A just off idle.
IF your DYI.. go 143A, if your paying a shop to install it- go 80A.
Michael
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We're in Canada and auto parts here are generally far more expensive than in the US. Some are the same, but most are more. I only mentioned the 80A as it was the standard upgrade at the time, as per the tech's comments in my original post. If you can get a 143A for the same price, I would definitely install that one if there were no other drawbacks and it was the same bolt on fit. Why not have more power on tap?
benzborg is having his existing 80A rebuilt for $120. There is no way you could get a 143A in Canada for that price. A reman'd Bosch will be about $300. The 80A will be sufficient for the 300E.
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