04-23-2014, 04:36 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Columbus,
OH
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 714
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Ok Patrick, so thats not the right one. I am still in the guessing game. Here is what CVR said:
Phil,
We discussed your situation here trying to figure out the issue and how to solve it correctly, but the final answer is that we agree with Lakewood, you should go to an OEM starter. How did we come up with this answer? We’ve sold many thousands of these starters and have not had an issue, but it obviously does not work for your set up or for some of the people on the 427FE blogs. But why? We would expect that the pinion gear would travel .400 across the teeth of the flexplate and are roughly guessing from your pictures that the travel is around .200.
We believe that somewhere in your set up there is a manufacturing variation, probably a combination of variations, in the bell housing, aluminum block, flywheel, etc., that is leading to this difference. Something is causing that variation and we are not sure what it is. So what do we do? It sounds simplistic, but a Ford OEM starter has about a ¼” extra throw. It’s basically the nature of the beast, a stock starter as compared to a performance Nippondenso style will have this variation. I wish there was a better answer. Feel free to call me if you want to go into this into more detail."
This frustrates me to no end. CVR cannot get it right. I do not know which OEM replacement is correct, so I have to experiment to find the right one.
Phil
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