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Battery cables
Hello, how is everyone? I have a question about the battery cables on a 1987 944 turbo. Can anyone tell me the lengths of the positive and negative wires? Porsche wants to much for them and I am hoping to get a set that is already made up. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Jrmongo@verizon.net
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02-17-2021, 03:38 AM
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Sorry don't know the lengths. Are they missing on your car? If you don't want to spend the money on new cables you could find some used ones.
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02-17-2021, 07:54 AM
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-924S-944-944S-944S2-951-944-Turbo-and-Battery-Cable-Set-NEW-/274460800149?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292
This guy makes really good quality stuff, very happy with mine. |
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02-17-2021, 08:48 PM
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A lot cheaper alternative:
https://www.batterycablesusa.com/0000-gauge-4-0-awg-extreme-battery-cable-with-ends
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02-18-2021, 02:41 AM
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.... or “good used” from someone like Plyhammer’s or John Graves/JustJoshin’ ? With my 87 924S, I cleaned all the ends very carefully and did re-wrap some cracked insulation.
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02-18-2021, 07:18 AM
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Cleaning the ends only does so much when the wires are corroded all the way through. I'll take some pictures of my stock ones if I can remember to.
I replaced my battery, starter, and alternator wires with the ebay kit. Everything was cut to the proper length and I even got the starter end customized to fit my high torque starter. Install took only a few hours. |
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02-18-2021, 07:41 AM
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Indeed. I’ve seen cables corroded by wicking battery acid, 90’s and 00’s Volvos, early MINI’s etc. But older cable doesn’t necessarily mean bad cable.
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02-18-2021, 02:04 PM
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02-18-2021, 04:48 PM
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Soldering new lugs on the end of the cable could do the trick.
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02-19-2021, 06:40 PM
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a few months ago i replaced the battery->starter cable on my 944 with an $8 replacement (6 ft?) from the auto store. probably light on the wire size but its a nice weather weekend car only.
look how corroded the original cable was!  
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02-20-2021, 07:14 AM
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use your old length and make them out of real copper. the number of strands is inversely proportional to the current capacity for the same gage.
https://www.batterycablesusa.com/UL-flex |
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