Highly tuned and high compression engines can make life hard on the standard starter motors. On these kind of engines, people seem to go through starter motors every now and then.

The reason for this is the original Rover part is already at it's limits with in the original configuration. More compression or simply more heat can cause the starter motor to fail or can cause trouble when the engine is hot.

These axial units are based on a 1.4kW motor with internal gear reduction system. Although they can be compared to the High Torque units in terms of power, torque en reliability, these have been designed to reduce weight.

The unit only weighs 2.7kg which is 30% less than our high torque starter motor!