Contact Ron Krantz at ReK Racing. 1-888-rek-race. He makes a gear
reduction starter setup for the spitfire for about $180 delivered if I
remember correctly. Email me off list for his email contact. He's a heck
of a guy and his work is top notch. I've been running his starter on my
race car and have had NO problems at all. I'm also using a hewland
conversion transmission that he made and it is a work of art. Tell him I
sent you not because I have financial interest or you'll get a better deal,
but so he knows that word of mouth really works.
Aaron Johnson
#38 F-prod Spit Mk IV Oregon Region SCCA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Parrott" <parrotthead01@comcast.net>
> To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: 30 May, 2003 13:37
> Subject: Gear Reduction starter
>
>
> > Dan Parrott
> > Savannah, Ga
> > My Spit wouldn't start yesterday; the starter just spun and didn't
engage
> > the flywheel. I (and a friend) pushed the care a foot or so in gear and
> > tried again, thinking that a few teeth on the flywheel were missing and
> the
> > pinion gear wouldn't engage. No luck there. (or was that actually good
> > luck?)
> >
> > Anyway, I was on the second level of a parking garage and was able to
get
> PJ
> > started by popping the clutch on the way downhill. I got her home,
> removed
> > the starter and found the little pinion gear was stuck in the outmost
> > position. I moved the gear around a bit by hand, and reinstalled it.
The
> > starter works fine (for now).
> >
> > Now I'm thinking of getting one of those heavy duty Gear Reduction
> starters
> > that VB sells for $300, or on eBay for about half that much.
> > Has anyone ever upgraded their Lucas starter to the beefier one? Will
it
> > fit? What do you do with the integrated solenoid on the new starter?
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