Starter motor question

you need one with 9 tooth 25 mm pinion. if you want to use a chrysler denso rayher than rebuilt standard.
Your car uses a combination of ring gear diameter and a crank center to pinion centre dimension that was used only on
60/61 valiants with slant 6
and a decent % of Chrysler Australia cars
and a few Gen II street hemis

the issue is there is no standard application in the denso catalogue for the 25 mm 9 tooth pinion in the form we need it.

hence you can only get them off a few people who custom make them

slantsixdan provides a US link in his linked post to a supplier

otherwise you are limited to a sub standard one from Castle Auto Electrics in Australia
an incorrect one that can only be used with a 5mm spacer to space the starter forward, from WOSP in the UK


or you can try to extract the linked IMI GT 9/25 pinion out of Roadrunner starters in NZ who are a distributor in the southern hemisphere of IMI Hi Torque stuff

i'm getting a response saying yes we will sell you one from both companies but they go silent when they realise i'm not in US/CA or NZ

id personally send that one back
buy a similar one off rockauto rebuilt (1996 5.2 engine)
and swap the pinion

job done for $75-100

not like its a hi comp engine and the now tiny pinion gives the starter internals an easier life

been running a bog standard unbranded rockauto rebuild on a 12:1 compression 6 for last 15 years no issues

Dave