Date:         Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:55:30 -0700
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Higher output alternator?
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
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I'm diggin' my Jetta alternator. Also 90 amps IIRC. Works peachy.
Besides. IIRC, you're running w/o AC/PS. If so you can keep the 2.0
accessory bracket and run the VR6 pulley on coolant pump etc.

Pic of belt routing:

http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/SerpBeltRouting.jpg

Or does the alt. from the 1.8 bolt onto that bracket?

Anyhow....

Neil.



On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>  It's my understanding that most VW Van alternators are like 65amps?  I'm
> guessing that is what I have... a Bosch rebuild..That is what is on my
> inline 4 Golf motor in my 84 van.  I am in the process of swapping in a 2.0
> liter Jetta bottom end for a bit more oomph and because there are under the
> piston oilers on the Jetta, but not on the 1.8 liter Golf...and because I
> got a good Jetta motor for a hundred bucks with quite a bit fewer miles on
> it than my current motor.
>
>  So anyway, the "new" motor came with a newish looking rebuilt Bosch 90amp
> alternator.  Should I use that one rather than the smaller one?  Any
> advantage?  I have two batteries in my van, one for starting and one for the
> other stuff..both are 'starting batteries' not deep cycle.  I don't usually
> run out of juice when camping.  But I do have some macho lighting that
> likely draws a lot...two KC daylighter driving lights, a Unitiy spotlamp and
> the Hella E-code headlamps.
>
>  What say you electrical guys?  Go with the bigger output alternator?  I
> have power "nothing"
>  in my van if that makes a difference..
>
>  Don Hanson
>



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Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

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