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Obviously, we had a better plan.
Removing the starter nose and duplicating it in the existing adaptor plate let us set the starter depth exactly as we needed. We were planning this all along, and had left this portion of the adaptor uncut so we'd have room for whatever starter nose shape we had to carve out.
This is officially the most elaborate starter nose ever made.
One of the starter mounting bolts, unfortunately, faces the bellhousing mounting face. Luckily, it's almost as easy to remove a Miatabusa engine as it is to remove a starter from most cars. Its also easy to pre-drill a hole in the bellhousing to allow Allen wrench access to this bolt, but we didn't bother yet. This starter is likely so much stronger than needed to crank a little Suzuki engine, that we don't think it will ever wear out.
In its new home, the Hitachi starter fits just like it was alwasys supposed to be there!
Next week, a tubular subframe and actual engine mounts.
All the Miatabusa you can handle:
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