I put a gear reduction starter in my Pantera that was a hard start when
warm and now it fires right up anytime. Its very small and light and
sounds bitchen as a jet starting up. Cost? $140.00.
72 Pantera-65 Tiger-96 Thunderbird 4.6
On Sun, 26 Jul 1998 22:40:02 EDT MWood24020@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 98-07-26 22:27:21 EDT, you write:
>
><< Now, if I'd paid $150 for one of the bitchin small, high
> >revving, Ford starters, I might feel differently.
>
> HEY, has anyone done that??? >>
>
>Gary-
>Ask Tom Hall, he put a lighweight, high torque starter in "Blue". I
>believe he
>bought a Tilton, not cheap, a bit more than $150! One of the great
>fringe
>benefits of the starter is it sounds totally cool, kind of like the
>starter of
>an older V-12 Ferrrari. It just kind of hums/whines, sounding like
>there is no
>compression in the motor,and then the sucker just lights off with pure
>Ford
>small block music! BTW, The SVO/Motorsport catalog lists a starter
>which is
>lightweight, high torque and costs considerably less than the Tilton
>piece. I
>know of a couple of vintage racers who run them in their GT350s and
>they seem
>to work just fine.
>Mike Wood
>B382002273
>
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