i didnt need one.. i used the stock ca18det starter it came with.burnout 180 wrote:Yeah you need a Hitachi gear reduction starter from an S12 CA18ET. It sounds easy and you will never have to worry about the limited selection of ca kits but for some reason not many people take this route. I don't know if its expesive or hard to do but i wouldn't mind making the modification also if i had more information about it.