POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post
Seems to be a good substitue of the stock alternator. Only $250 from amazon. Just want to pass along the info. See the thread here. http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic...2/#entry272895
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YOUR RESEARCHFitting 997 Bosch alternator into 996
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POST 2Original post
Unless you had a huge car stereo, what would be the advantage of something like this?
POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post
Quotes source post: 12787963
The advantage is you get a brand new Bosch alternator for $250 and no core charge It's just the 150A brand new turns out to be cheaper than the stock 120A reman version.
POST 4Original post
...and the dash lights don't dim every time the bass hits. Which is nice.
POST 5Original post
When I put in my vehicle info It says it doesn't fit my car 2001 c4
POST 6 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post
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Yes because this part was never meant for our 996 but it happens to fit perfectly per the poster on renntech. The official Bosch alternator for (some) 996 is AL0812x (with a clutched pulley) and this is AL0815N which happens to fit. 12=120A, 15=150A. "N" means new and "x" means reman.
POST 7 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post
Looks like this AL0815N is for 997.1 therefore it will also fit our 996 as M96 and M97 are so similar http://www.opticatonline.com/part/bo...15n-alternator
POST 8Original post
Ahsai: Thank You I missed that detail.
POST 9Original post
Quotes source post: 12788205
Thanks for the tip!
POST 10 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post
Sure Pete. Btw, looking at its spec, it's 1.26lb lighter than the stock AL0812X despite the higher capacity. @Schnell, it's hard to say as the bottleneck could be the long stock cables from the alternator to the power distributor.
POST 11Original post
Quotes source post: 12787972
Ahhh! Ok that makes sense, thanks!
POST 12Original post
Weird, if it fits in both fine, I wonder why Porsche has kept both parts. Wouldn't it make more sense to discontinue the 996 version, and have the 997 one supersede it? http://sonnenporscheoemparts.com/par...&siteid=215405 http://sonnenporscheoemparts.com/par...&siteid=215405
POST 13 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post
The 150A capacity is probably over engineered for 996 (it won't hurt though).
POST 14Original post
Quotes source post: 12789794
Don't know but holy crap did I save some cash!
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