I Installed a Powermaster Mastertorque 9603 Starter on my SBF

I've never had a problem running stock starters, but for this build I decided to try a ‪@powermasterperformance‬ Mastertorque 9603 starter. It's smaller, lighter, and has more torque than the stock starter, I just hope it turns out to be as reliable as the stock starter!

[@georgemartin7219]

I have had mine for over ten years works every time with no problem so far.😁

[@billsgarage]

Awesome, that's what I'm hoping for!

[@jamesmedina2062]

nice review

[@billsgarage]

Thanks for watching!

[@ronniecox109]

Have ran the PWM 9000 ,and PWM 9001 ON MY Small block chevs for over 20 years, no issues. Plus ,Powermaster will refurbish your old PWM for basically S&H.

[@billsgarage]

I didn't know they did refurbishment, thanks for that info!

[@ronniecox109]

@@billsgarage keep your box starter came in for shipping. . With powermaster,ive never had a grinder,or gnashing teeth. Even with BBC.

[@AmericanThunder]

Hey, I see a Mustang II ghia in the background, nice. I'm actually working on my 1977 Mustang II coupe with the 332" stroker engine in it, and having issues with starter grinding, correct aftermarket starter for it, new 141 Tooth flexplate, undamaged block plate, properly threaded holes in the stock mustang II bellhousing, goddamn starter still tears up the ring gear teeth, it's getting annoying. lol I never had trouble with the stock II V8 starter back when I could run the stock II smaller oil pan with it, but the stud girdle on the stroker motor forced me to run a full size car oil pan, necessitating the use of a mini starter, such as from a 1990s Mustang or aftermarket. Tried both styles, still with the starter grinding during cranking. Modified vehicles, always fun.... I think I will try one of those PM starters with the adjustable depth shims.

[@billsgarage]

Yup, that's my 1978 in the background, good eye! Always great to hear from a fellow Mustang II owner. That sounds like a super-frustrating problem, but you're right - par for the course with a modified vehicle. I was really worried about how my setup was going to work with the quicktime bellhousing bolted to an early 5-bolt 289 and an aftermarket flywheel. I can't speak to the longevity of the PM starter because I've only had it for about a year, but I can say that it's worked flawlessly from the first start. Lots of videos of my Mustang II coming in the future of you're interested. Thanks for watching!

[@AmericanThunder]

@@billsgarage I just bought that same starter from summit, hopefully this will do it. The tech at PM said that I should steer clear of the pioneer flexplate and I should get a TCI or Hughes flex plate. Lol if only it were that easy.

[@AmericanThunder]

@@billsgarage I finally got my grinding issue sorted out with the starter. The pinion wasn't meshing closely enough with the ring gear, the powermaster starter had a larger 10T pinion, that actually measured 1.155", compared to the others, at 1.05". Huge difference! I uploaded a video with the new starter cranking and the Mustang II firing up for the first time in awhile. Open headers. Thank you for pointing me in the direction of powermaster! Very happy with it.

[@eddiearchuleta615]

I love mine

[@billsgarage]

Great!