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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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Anybody looking to buy a starter....
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Not enough torque in it?
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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Lower your compression ratio.
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 10:12 PM
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no they've had my burned up XS starter since the 31st and i still dont have it back. cliff notes....

Starter lasted less than 30 starts (20 deg crank advance)
Powermaster doesnt return phone calls
Said they'd fix it for free then charged 65 dollars to fix it
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Wicked94Z
no they've had my burned up XS starter since the 31st and i still dont have it back. cliff notes....

Starter lasted less than 30 starts (20 deg crank advance)
Powermaster doesnt return phone calls
Said they'd fix it for free then charged 65 dollars to fix it
thats the EXACT Bullshit im dealing with. Theyve had my starter since JUNE!
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 11:31 PM
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no ****! **** them
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 01:10 AM
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no ****! **** them
yeah seriously... I finally got in touch with them again early this week and they said itd cost me $66. They said theyve been trying to get in touch with me. Then once i said i will only paypal them the money they didnt return my email...
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yea i called those idiots before i sent mine in and they took down all my contact info and a description of the problem. 11 days after they signed for it, i finally get ahold of them to ask what the status is... and my starter has been sitting on a shelf because they didnt know who's it was or what was wrong with it! it took 3 more days to get a call back on what was wrong with it, and for them to say it'd be 65 bucks. after i told them i wasnt paying, it took 2 more days to get a call from a supervisor who basically told me im SOL. so i paid, and told the guy i'd never ever buy another powermaster product, and for the rest of my life i would blast their company whenever i got the chance. He responded by taking off the shipping charge only is it really to much to ask of an "overkill" starter to last say... a year at least instead of days? When i was quoted a week for any repair no matter how serious... it doesnt make sense that 2 weeks pass before they even inspect it, after i hound them everyday by phone leaving voicemails (during business hours). damn ******* ptsd is kicking in im going to be mad all weekend
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I hate **** like that. Poor cusotmer service and on top of that stiffing you guys with a bill to repair the POS. Anyways thanks for the heads up, my car won't ever be seeing a powercrap starter.
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It really does suck for the few days it worked it was a Monster! Ive heard alot of good stuff about the jegs mini high torque starters.... I might just go that route one day... GL with the bullshit wicked. Im not even going to try to get mine back from them :\
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Thanks for the heads up
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Why did you "upgrade" from stock.

Give it good cables and a stock starter will crank a LOT.
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Thanks for the heads up.

Originally Posted by 96capricemgr
Why did you "upgrade" from stock.

Give it good cables and a stock starter will crank a LOT.
I bought some really thick cables when I put in my stroker, still running a stock starter.
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http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/10001/10002/-1
got this one from jegs a year ago workd great.
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That jegs one looks nice, Not a bad price either.
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I upgraded because my stock one was being sluggish. I didnt want to run the risk of having it crap out on me.The solenoid can get stuck at times too.
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I didnt want to run the risk of having it crap out on me..
I hear you on that one.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 01:19 AM
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what size cables do you guys have on your battery relocations? you may need to upgrade. if you were pulling 20 degrees during cranking and it was still sluggish and killing starters i would look at the cables. a 4ga. or whatever from the trunk isnt big enough. i think i have 1/0 in my car.
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I've never had sluggish cranking... it cranked over great and then it suddenly died.
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what size cables do you guys have on your battery relocations? you may need to upgrade. if you were pulling 20 degrees during cranking and it was still sluggish and killing starters i would look at the cables. a 4ga. or whatever from the trunk isnt big enough. i think i have 1/0 in my car.
its not so much sluggish as much as the solenoid can stick. I run #1 to the front then #4 to the starter. Plenty of wire. that an a yellow top optima
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