Lightweight starter alternative

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Originally Posted by 30psi

Yeah its almost essential I found to use one anyway on a DET, coz the starter touches a water pipe really hard, it breaks, leaks, and you get annoyed at the car

Found this out when trying trying to refit the s12 starter that pukka used on his old det

Any ideas as to why it fitted on his old engine but not this one? Are the det`s different around that area in some way, such as that hard water pipe you mentioed?