The IMI starter is junk, bad batch, who knows?  My Subie converter and me agree.  I had two of them, and awful frustrations, no fun on a cross-country roadtrip.  Ugh.  Your fantastic adapter with the Bosch TDI starter motor immediately and I think forever (or so) has solved this.  Karl....again...great job on this innovation.  Wow....1300 units sold?....I hope you will double and triple that number!  You are a smart man.
Fires up every time!

Rich
San Diego

    On Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 4:49:23 PM PST, Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote:  
 
 But this is only as good as an original  - a copy of the weak Bosch starter is fine for a WBX or other low-compression engines, but lacks the UMPH to crank hot Subarus, diesels, V6 or V8s. The TDI starter has almost twice the cranking power plus faster speed. On the same Amazon link the IMI (or copies of) shows up, which again is what made me build the first prototype adaptor. I like how my 112i WBX springs to life in less than a revolution, almost every time.
Karl

On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:26:05 +0000, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

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