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Ziptied Even if my car came with a mitsu starter?
Both fit. I can tell you from my own experience the hitachi unit is better. It turns at a high speed and has a higher torque rating. Its more expensive than the mitsubishi unit for a reason. I ended up buying a mitsubishi because all of the reasonable hitachi units were out of stock and I suspected my back up mitsubishi starter was going out. I came to find out that the new and old mitsubishi starters suck the same. I took the hitachi apart and it just needs a new brush kit that I have yet to locate.