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[shaddy]

I want to fit a smaller lightweight alternator, which one am i best going for and how easy are these to fit.

[Tamworthbay]

Phone Powerlite, ask for George Shackleton (a relative of the great Shackleton) he is brilliant at knowing what will go where and they can make up a special if needs be with the correct pulley and spacing a to suit. Fitting is a ten minute job. Not cheap, but a quality British company with superb customer service.

[Sam Walters]

nippon denso are widely used.

[shaddy]

Is there certain nipon Denso I should be looking for?

[shaddy]

Nippon denso any certain one I should be looking for

[Captain Mainwaring]

Phone Powerlite, ask for George Shackleton (a relative of the great Shackleton) he is brilliant at knowing what will go where and they can make up a special if needs be with the correct pulley and spacing a to suit. Fitting is a ten minute job. Not cheap, but a quality British company with superb customer service.

 

No need to spend too much - http://www.chinasupp...-Alternator.htm

 

 

[Tamworthbay]

Phone Powerlite, ask for George Shackleton (a relative of the great Shackleton) he is brilliant at knowing what will go where and they can make up a special if needs be with the correct pulley and spacing a to suit. Fitting is a ten minute job. Not cheap, but a quality British company with superb customer service.

 
No need to spend too much - http://www.chinasupp...-Alternator.htm
 
 

Brilliant link!!!!! Shame they don't do one with the correct Euro plug, its all about research you see

[Captain Mainwaring]

 

 

Phone Powerlite, ask for George Shackleton (a relative of the great Shackleton) he is brilliant at knowing what will go where and they can make up a special if needs be with the correct pulley and spacing a to suit. Fitting is a ten minute job. Not cheap, but a quality British company with superb customer service.

 
No need to spend too much - http://www.chinasupp...-Alternator.htm
 
 

Brilliant link!!!!! Shame they don't do one with the correct Euro plug, its all about research you see

 

 

 

Well the rads don't fit...it won't make much odds if the alternators need a mod either. 

 

Quality doesn't matter - just cheap cheap cheap...we can make it fit.

[Skortchio]

Maybe it actually is all about research...

 

The Chinese site states the 90amp is for use on Subaru's, maybe time to go look at a UK spec Subaru for it's alternator.

[sonikk4]

Ok yet again we have a dig at Chinese products. They are what they are and judging by another thread with this in mind stop the digging.

[tiger99]

Some Chinese products are very good indeed, others are useless or even dangerous. The problem is telling which is which, because there are many back street factories in China making counterfeit copies of the good stuff, mobile phones for instance.

If people here have significant positive experience of particular alternators, say a few years of operation and tens of thousands of miles, that would be very useful in establishing what is good. We already know that some Chinese wheel bearings are very bad, even damgerous, but it is not necessarily so with alternators.

[Cooperman]

I've come to the conclusion that the only place I want to buy my Mini parts is Mini Spares. I have no financial motive in saying this, but I've known Keith and his team, including Simon and Gary at P.B. and Richy at Harrogate and I know how committed they all are to quality and quality control.
Yes, you can sometimes buy cheaper elsewhere, but then maybe you'll end up buying twice, or twice as often.
M.S. have parts lab tested to confirm the quality, their warranty is there and they will be there should you need the use it.
As with much in life, you get exactly what you pay for.
You can't run a classic car on cheap junk parts.

[Captain Mainwaring]

Ok yet again we have a dig at Chinese products. They are what they are and judging by another thread with this in mind stop the digging.

Actually we weren't - just irony. On one post buy cheap, on this post favour good quality engineering.

 

If you google "chinese quality" then you can make an informed decision for yourself - it's a bit like googling "french military victories"...but never mind.

[Captain Mainwaring]

I've come to the conclusion that the only place I want to buy my Mini parts is Mini Spares. I have no financial motive in saying this, but I've known Keith and his team, including Simon and Gary at P.B. and Richy at Harrogate and I know how committed they all are to quality and quality control.
Yes, you can sometimes buy cheaper elsewhere, but then maybe you'll end up buying twice, or twice as often.
M.S. have parts lab tested to confirm the quality, their warranty is there and they will be there should you need the use it.
As with much in life, you get exactly what you pay for.
You can't run a classic car on cheap junk parts.

 

 

I must say I've never had any trouble buying there stuff from Potters Bar - some jobs I really don't want to do twice.

[Captain Mainwaring]

Maybe it actually is all about research...

 

The Chinese site states the 90amp is for use on Subaru's, maybe time to go look at a UK spec Subaru for it's alternator.

 

I have a tiny lightweight 75A denso unit fitted to one car - it was done when the AC was fitted. Easy enough to make up the brackets