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Lemon

Lemon

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Hi All

Well after 3 months of running around and moving house from Lincs back home to the North West to the Wirral, I am going to pick up the Turbo in the next week or so where it as been in storage in Worcester for some months.

Unfortunately the battery was a little weak anyway and it is now as dead as a doornail. I have charged it up a few times but drains flat in no time at all.

Has anyone any experience of anything that holds charge better than others (Optima???) etc or should I just chuck a standard one on.

Oh and what size is it? Car being so far away at mo means I can not check battery size and do not want to turn up with wrong one to bring her home (and I do not trust my sister where it is stored to go and check the battery number!! sorry sis)

Thanks for your help folks

Lee

 
I used an Odyysey 680 battery on

1) 180 bhp VX powered Westfield
2) 220 bhp rover v8 powered ginetta g27

I found Knight Battery Supplies to be the best for price and service.

The pillar terminals are a few quid extra or there are different batteries available.

NOTE: These batteries use very thin sheet lead so only use a conditioner such as an Optimate on them

HTH
 
I recently fitted a Bosch Silver(?) which I think several people on here have. It's fine, looks pretty horrible though. Cheapest I found it was at GSF Car Parts. .

For sheer reserves of power and absolute reliability I've never had a battery that inspired as much confidence as my Hoppecke; not sure what the model is, but it's the business. It will be going back in the Turbo once I get round to putting the Silver in the 924 where it was meant to be fitted.

Other people on here have been impressed with the Halfords Calcium batteries... haven't used so can't comment.

 
I put a Halfords Calcuim in mine recently. OK the car has no engine and it's got a conditioner plugged in all the time but it runs the stereo really well when I'm working on the car.
 
I better rip the engine out then Fen if it works that well without, should get months on the one battery[:)]

cheers for comments so far
 
Ever ready? Duracell?
Went to start the lux on tthursday morning Turning over slow but ok, tacho registering, but would not start. Took out dme relay and took that to work got Neil to test it in lunch hour and was good then on friday thought about a new battery so had that tested that was good too but the car still not starting. Saturday nice and hot weather bound to have dried out all connections try again, no start. thinking now about compresion tests, fuel pressure tests etc, then get a phone call from the folks I complain about my toy car not starting and my Mum said. " Your fathers car would'nt start yesterday, the only thing wrong with it was he'd run out of petrol..... "
The lux is running great now thank to the mechanial genius of my Mum!
Word.
 
Lemon,

Go to Halfords (Ellesmere Port) their Calcium batteries listed for the Turbo are on offer at the same price as standard.

About £60 with 5 years Guarantee.

Mike (mint green Turbo in Eastham)
 
Put a calcium battery in mine last week, £42.50 and 5 year guarantee from my local Auto Spares shop. Engine now spins over as if there's no compression which is almost unheard of for an S2. Any supplier will be able to tell you which is the right battery for your car.

Hope this helps.
 
I got the Halfords Calcium one too. They have 944 listed in their charts and the fit was perfect [:)]
 
Thanks all Halfords it is.

Berg I am in Moreton, so if your ever doing a run anywhere with club etc please let me know.

Mine is Nautic Metallic on an F plate with Original 968 cup 2's 17" on her. I will keep an eye out for you.

Cheers
 
I bought one from the small accessory shop on Pasture Road, by Moreton Cross about a month ago_Only cost about £34. The clowns in the big shop on Hoylake Rd said that there was nothing wrong with my old battery and that I had an electrical prob. They were wrong. I have a H reg S2 in Copenhagen Blue and rust brown.

Rodders
 
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