whats the smallest alternator i can get away with on my 2.0 zetec??

There's loads of topics on this one, one just before the weekend...

45A is what I use on mine. You don't need anything bigger.

do you have a part number for one? then i can pick one up from the factors

I'm using a Lucas LRA101 from a mk3 Escort 1.1 on a fwd Escort Zetec bracket with a Sierra CVH pulley.

were does that locate that on the engine??

Low down on the nearside

hmmm, will it fit on my engine??

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Got a pic of the side of your engine? i'll tell you if it will or won't...

the inlet side??

Yarrrrrr

sorry poo photos but there is not much space, i think big wasas dunnell kit might just fit!

Errrm, sorry, I actually meant exhaust <ahem!>

EDIT: the mk5 bracket woul;d also look like it'd fit round the back too... Look for similar moounts on the opposite side of the block to see what I mean.

[Edited on 26/1/08 by Fatboy Dave]

lets try again, bit more room this time

Can't seeclearly around your engine mount, but two of the three mounts (the square land above the waterpump outlet and the one between numbers 1 and 2 primaries in your second pic) are certainly present and unoccupied

this is tricky without seeing what you have in mind!

Scratch that, I'm talking bobbins, I wa slooking at the wrong lands. I think you've used the opnes required for your engine mounts

Don't have my digi cam so here's the ebst I can find off the net. I have the first type on my car; second type is off a Fiesta depending what type of alternator you're using. Escort is over hung(!), Fiesta is over mounted (IYSWIM)


Mk5 Escort Alternator bracket


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[Edited on 26/1/08 by Fatboy Dave]

i might see if the dunnell one fits, i can always sell it on after! but yoru right the holes are used for my engine mounts

nope ill make something custom!

I junked the standard Tiger supplied Lucas LRA101 for a Nippondenso alternator off a Daihatso Hijet van. It was about 2/3rds the size but gave plenty of output to keep the battery topped up and was much more reliable (i fried 3 Lucas alternators as they wouldnt take the high revs with the Tiger supplied pulley!!!).

It looks like this anyway (paid around £20 from a breakers) ......

Nippondenso alternator

Daihatsu alternator on my old Zetec (also set back 9 inches!)

Here

And here

Wyn

^^^^^^^

Same here. I mounted in a very similar way but on a blacktop with serpentine belt to run the waterpump. Mine came from a Suzuki Swift in the scrappy. I've since picked up a similar one for my next project from a Kubota grass machine.

Cheers

You can get away with an even smaller alternator if you use my LED lights. It will probably save you 5A or more when the lights are switched on