Mini high torque starter, where to get? Options

[914helo]

Where are people getting their starters from these days? My mini high torque starter I bought off evilbay didn't last very long. I don't want to replace with a stock starter as I've got a high compression Suby engine. Any recommendations? Thanks

[Chris Hamilton]

Pelican Parts

I've bought like a half dozen of them from there and they're awesome. They start my friends 3.6 nicely too.

[byndbad914]

Pelican Parts

I've bought like a half dozen of them from there and they're awesome. They start my friends 3.6 nicely too.

I too use this one for my V8 race car. I literally burned the stock starter up just trying to turn the V8 over for the first fire up hahahaha.

Pelican sells IMI Hi Torques, which you can probably buy directly from them

http://www.hitorque.com

I have never shopped the direct price, I tend to buy stuff from Pelican and Patrick to do my part to make sure I have a good parts supplier still open 10 yrs from now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) but price is price, so you might want to call Hi Torque direct and compare to Pelican. Shipping should be the same since they are both essentially in LA.

I have used mine for a few years and thought it burned up recently but turns out the car just decided to stop grounding the starter well (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) completely out of the blue so i bought a brand new one. Well, short story is I have a backup and a ground wire from the starter directly to the chassis (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

edit - oh yeah, important point I forgot to make - I turn the engine over until I have good oil pressure before I fire it since I tend to only fire it up once a month. Key to that is I run that starter motor non-stop for a lot longer than a simple fire up, which is waaayyyy harder on them than just firing a car up with a couple of cranks, so I abuse the shit out of mine and it has been spot on every time.