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belgian2b - 1/9/12 at 03:15 PM

Hello,

i am looking for a battery for the Tiger Cat that i am building.
Engine is Sierra 2.0 EFI SOHC.

I can find the standard battery , and even if it will fit perfectly in the car (dimension 242 x 175 x 175 mm), i have a problem because, the + is on the right but i would like to have the + on the left.


So , can anybody give me a reference of a identical battery but with + on the left ?

thanks in advance,


Gerardo

Staple balls - 1/9/12 at 03:28 PM

Can you not like, turn it around?

spiderman - 1/9/12 at 03:38 PM

Turn it around by 180 degrees terminals will now be the right way round for what you want but at the back of the battery, if that helps.

If not;
Halfords HB015, HB072

those are the ones I have with the +ve on the left.

flibble - 1/9/12 at 03:51 PM

Type 078 (alpha romeo 75) measures 242mm x 173mm x 188mm, so 11mm taller is closestI can find?

britishtrident - 1/9/12 at 04:37 PM

There is likely to be a variant with reversed terminal layout but it won't have Ford bolt through lug terminals for example type 076 or Type 077 or type 058.
You will probably have to buy a big name brand such as Exide or Varta for an unusual terminal layout.
Tayna batteries should help

http://www.tayna.co.uk/battery-search-48-218-0-0-0-0x175x0-10-4-1-batteries.html

belgian2b - 1/9/12 at 06:07 PM

Hello all,

thank for advices,

i found what i was looking foron the last mentionned website :

this is what i will use : AM058R Numax Car Battery 12V 57AH


Gerardo

snowy2 - 1/9/12 at 08:10 PM

there is a lot of nutsack spoken about battery size + amps etc.......the battery on my car which is also a 2.0L pinto uses a fiat Punto battery, its tiny only about 6" square and works just fine.

interesting censoring software on this site.....B****KS come back as nutsack??? hows that better?

[Edited on 1/9/12 by snowy2]

rdodger - 1/9/12 at 09:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by snowy2
there is a lot of nutsack spoken about battery size + amps etc.......the battery on my car which is also a 2.0L pinto uses a fiat Punto battery, its tiny only about 6" square and works just fine.

interesting censoring software on this site.....B****KS come back as nutsack??? hows that better?

[Edited on 1/9/12 by snowy2]


Not wanting to sound pedantic but........ surely b***ks are the content of the nutsack?

snowy2 - 2/9/12 at 06:44 AM

amusing though isn't it?
on another forum i use the interior of our cars cannot be named a cockpit. and another of our members has trouble giving his location out....Scunthorpe.