High Torque Starters

[JonyTVR]

possibly looking at upgrading my starter to one of these as its on its way out I think (randomly clicking hot and cold and more often than not). do these high torque ones fit the chim ok and does anyone have a part number to look out for or is there a car these are fitted to as standard rather than paying the way over inflated prices some of these companies charge?

cheers

Jon

[spend]

Some of them have the solenoids at the wrong angle, others can be rotated to suit... Most are interchangeable across RV8's, it's the TVR chassis which complicates things.

[v8 racing]

like spend has said there are two types, one has the solenoid on the side the other underneath (sd1 rover) the standard tvr/range rover is a high torque starter, maybe not as powerfull as some aftermarket ones, but more than enough to fire a rover engine up, i would buy a new/recon standard unit and wrap it in a heat shield.

[pk500]

I got one in mine got it from my parts supplier its much better , got a diesel shogan battery aswell the engine spins over really fast hot and cold

[Chimpafrolic]

JonyTVR said:

possibly looking at upgrading my starter to one of these as its on its way out I think (randomly clicking hot and cold and more often than not). do these high torque ones fit the chim ok and does anyone have a part number to look out for or is there a car these are fitted to as standard rather than paying the way over inflated prices some of these companies charge?

cheers

Jon

Hi Jon,

Cant believe I missed this, just posted something very similar

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Must be starter motor season?

May as well let my one run too to see what comes back

It could help us both?

[JonyTVR]

Haha yes I was just reading yours and that is already more helpful than mine, intact it answers my question, I like the look of that rapport one!

[Chimpafrolic]

JonyTVR said:

Haha yes I was just reading yours and that is already more helpful than mine, intact it answers my question, I like the look of that rapport one!

It would be interesting to see if anyone has tried the RatSport High Torque offering?

http://shop1.actinicexpress.co.uk/shops/Rat_Sport/...

Although I am starting to wonder if the whole high torque thing is just unessential vanity?