[pasadenajim]

Thanks David, trust you had a safe & sound New Year celebration!! Here is what I'm thinking, in looking at a lot of these hi torque starters, those made by IMI in particular, they seem to have an "adapter plate" simply bolted onto the front of the starter body itself. One might be able to take that "plate" off and build one (thru a machine shop) with the proper bolt hole spacing and considerations on the starter body side. The only problem I see is finding such a starter body that has 1.6" of gear or sprag travel as measured from the forward facing surface of the bellhousing. This may well turn out to be a wild goose chase but nothing ventured nothing gained and IF I were successful in finding a combination that would work and still keep the cost around the $100 mark then we may all have found a nifty little starter fix for some of these V6s.