[Jim Weatherall]

I want to raise the issue of starters and FE engines.

My Bendix clutch failed very early in its life cranking our beast. Dennis Mosley, who also has a 428, has gone through several starters. My engine builder has been racing 428 Mustangs for years and tells me a year is as much as he expects from a starter. Of course he is cranking a lot in the staging lanes at the strip.

When we were in Corpus with Paul Cass recently I met a starter shop owner. He is building me a custom gear reduction starter that he believes will hold up. He is going to use a Nippon Denso motor and all heavy duty parts.

In the mean time I have obtained a replacement "stock style" starter from my engine builder. He explained to me one issue with the rebuilt stock starters is sometimes you get a unit that was originally on a 200 cid six cylinder engine and the Bendix and solinoid are light duty. He tries to get the rebuilder to pay attention to this problem.

I would like to know of any experience others have.

Jim