[Tommy]

Note: this is more opinion than fact.

I bought my accumulator to protect the engine during sustained turns on the track. I also use it for start up. I doubt that an accumulator would save enough wear and tear to justify its cost if used only for start up. The two exceptions might be if you routinely let the engine sit for weeks between starts, and if your engine tended to crank over more than a second or two before starting.

Food for thought: If you drive your Cobra an average of once a month and crank it three times on each occasion, you'll start it 36 times per year. If you drive you family car daily and crank it four times a day, you'll start it 1,460 times per year. You'd have to crank your Cobra a awful lot of times to generate engine wear approaching that on your daily driver.