These starter motors are made by Nippondenso, originally for use in Toyota trucks and mated to a new casting and drive gear to fit the BMW engine and are very well suited for use on high-compression or performance-modified engines.

The high torque planetary gear design DOES NOT use glued-in magnets for the motor fields.

Robust construction and wire-coil fields insure long service and can be rebuilt.

At 2.8kg., it's almost half of a Bosch's weight, and draws 80 amps of battery current, compared to the 120 amp draw common to Bosch.

The /5, /6 and early R90S models used this starter motor and ONLY works with the 93 tooth flywheel.

Please double check the number of teeth before ordering, later models used 9 teeth. When checking, it's much easier to count the teeth on the starter cog.

The mount plate is not included: see ELA51590.