This gear-reduction starter (left) is a lightweight drop-in replacement for the older starter that failed. By spinning the armature faster and reducing its output speed with a planetary gearbox, it's ...

One of the downsides of dealing with vintage muscle cars is that every time you take one out on the open road, you are stressing out those vintage drivetrain components and inviting failure. We have ...

The first thing to let go on my 1990 Corvette Z51 after buying it used with 69,000-plus miles on the clock was the starter, but it didn’t happen all at once. That would have made it too easy to ...