Bitch, Bitch, Bitch.
I sure wish I had the choices that some of you guys are bitching about.
Just thought the list might find it amusing to know what my little Jap
car
used for a starter since the thread revolves around the Izusu starter
application.
Ironically, I race a (mostly) reliable nipponese car - 1967 Honda S800. But
Honda had some funky ideas for starting cars in those days. They connected
the starter motor to the front of the crankshaft via a short chain. The chain
in turn operates a "dog" clutch that turns the crank. The many downsides of
this system include 1) wearing of the rollers in the dog clutch and eventual
problems getting it to engage; 2) they are getting harder to come by and more
expensive by the minute; 3) if you spin the car and roll backwards and don't
push the clutch pedal, the dog clutch will engage and will ruin a rare and
expensive starter motor; 4) last but not least it would be all but
impossible to convert the car to ANY conventional starter.
Okay, so now I'm the one doing the bitching and crying. But I feel
better
now that I have vented.
Cheers, Doug Meis - Team Escargot
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