Hi fellas..
I was looking around for an uprated starter to add some zing to my ignition..
There's not a lot of info out there except to Ebay sh*t and 2k starters with 14 teeth? Price-wise I've seen 40 quid all the way up to 200 quid. Of course, money doesn't always equate to better performance / quality.
Any thoughts / advice? What are you lot using?
Thanks in advance!
NF
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Re: Start It Up!
wosp starters are the gold standard. other than that, the cheap £50 ebay 2kw starters work fine, i have 2 here in fact on the shelf doing nothing.
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- Ninja_Freak (Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:28 am)
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Re: Start It Up!
WOSP starter for absolute best performance - otherwise I would probably recommend a used R3 starter as the budget option.
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Spins over well
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- Ninja_Freak (Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:28 am)
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Now that I finally have my car back.. Bought this ^^ works great so far..nightfire10 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2023 5:02 pmThis is what I have
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283644172946
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Re: Start It Up!
IIRC it was one of those that someone had a solenoid fail on and was looking repair/replace.
Eventually they finally agreed to contact the seller, after prompts from many of us, despite it being 3+ years old.
The starter was replaced with a complete new unit, and all they had to pay for was postage to return the old one, being out of warranty, which sounded fair to me.
Eventually they finally agreed to contact the seller, after prompts from many of us, despite it being 3+ years old.
The starter was replaced with a complete new unit, and all they had to pay for was postage to return the old one, being out of warranty, which sounded fair to me.
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