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Old 01-08-2020, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by wpoll View Post
You should be able to easily make up a mount plate from 6mm alloy - it only needs the mount points for the starter and a couple of bell-housing bolts. Since all the force is laterally through the plate, a 200mm sq. piece of alloy will be plenty strong enough (for a few starts anyway).
Good idea, IIRC the mounting surface is flat, and I think I have some aluminum flat stock lying around. If it's simple drill & go, that would be a good solution. It may have to be in an arc, though, following the curve of the bellhousing since the starter nose protrudes into the bellhousing.
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