Back to basics. Why won;t my car crank over faster?

[sciroccojunky at gmail.com (Lance LaPrarie)]

Have you rebuilt your motor recently? When I did my 2.2 it took them like 6
hours to diagnose the fact that with the new setup the original starter
wouldn't do the job. All grounds etc.....were fine. Moved over to a diesel
starter and now works like a charm.

Not sure what else I could think of. i know with the 1.8 the old starter
worked good then with the 2.2 it was super slow.

That's my two cents.


On 5/2/07, C Boyko <roccit_53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Okay, so officially my car cranks at a blistering 150rpm. Too slow I
> think,
> should be 200-250 according to my reference (Dan B.). So, what are the
> basic bare bones reasons for this sort of thing? I have done the
> following;
> Checked for resistance in the large wires to the negative side of the
> battery and sanded them as well as their contact patches, reinstalled
> good'n tight. (battery to frame/frame to tranny)
> Verified that I have the wires on the starter correctly, and that they are
> in good condition.
> Cleaned and tightened the clamps on the terminals/cleaned the terminals
> (all ths stuff looked good anyway)
> Cam and ignition timing seem fine
> Battery's at 12.6V, and has always been a good one, I'll try swapping it
> for a different one.
>
>
> This car started happily a week or so ago on MSnS, I've gone over all
> kinds
> of things with Dan and it seems to check out fine, there's 5V to the hall
> sender, fuel pump is going, all that but the cranking speed is just not
> where it should be. Which may have nothing at all to do with MS.
>
> So what's left besides swapping in a different starter? Throw all the wild
> stuff at me too, it may be something obscure, or dead stupid. Thanks.
> Cathy
>
>
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