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Jacko
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Cranking amps

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Does anyone know the cranking amps of an M20? I'm getting stuff together for battery in boot mod and just checking on what AWG cable i need.

Ta muchly :)


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Use the cable from an e36
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nas80 wrote:Use the cable from an e36
I'm just going to make the cables up myself as i'ts going to be a little bit bespoke. :)

Does anyone know?
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no idea.
i too went a little "bespoke" when i did mine..... i chopped up some old jump leads! :lol:
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murran wrote:no idea.
i too went a little "bespoke" when i did mine..... i chopped up some old jump leads! :lol:
Can't fault your thinking with that mate other than the lengh maybe not being long enough? I like it :cheers
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