I spent the past couple days looking at starters and the various manufacturers. Eventually I found one I liked and we are working out the details so we can carry them in stock.
There are a lot of companies making aftermarket mini starters for the performance industry. The vast majority of these starters are based on Hitachi or Nippon Denso designs. These designs originated in Japan about 30 years ago. Today, many of these starters, while based on the Japanese designs, are actually made in China.
Classic Inlines will be selling a mini starter which is built in the USA and is based on a more modern, American design. By using a permanent magnet motor and planetary gear reduction, these mini starters are lighter, smaller, have more gear reduction, and make more power.
Most "adjustable" mini starters can be rotated, but only within a limited number of possible positions. These starters also must be partially disassembled before they can be rotated. The Classic Inlines starters can be rotated to any position, without taking the starter apart, and in many cases without removing the starter from the engine!
Unlike OEM planetary gear reduced starters which use only three planetary gears, these starters use four planetary gears increasing resistance to kick-back by 33%. They also have a 5:1 ratio compared to the industry standard of 4.4:1 04 3.7:1, plus the pinion gear and solenoid can be easily replaced, without taking the starter apart.
We hope to have them in stock, for both manual and automatic applications, within a couple weeks. The price will be $240, plus shipping. Replacement solenoids or gears $20 each.
If anyone is interested and orders one within the next week, I'll knock $15 bucks off the price.
NOTE: It may take a couple weeks to deliver.
Weight: 8 lbs
Power: 2.3hp
Ratio: 5:1
Width: 2 7/8"
Height: 5 1/2"
Length: 7 11/16" (auto) to 8 1/16" (manual)
