How To Install A High-Performance Starter

With the starter installed, the wiring is all that's left. Simply attach the battery cable to the starter solenoid as it was attached to the original starter.

The only other wiring needed to install the MSD starter on a vintage Mustang is to run a 14-gauge jumper wire from the starter solenoid to the rear connector on the car's original fender-mounted solenoid. What happens is that the old solenoid is bypassed and no longer used as such because the MSD starter has its own solenoid. Crimp the supplied connector and attach the wire to the tab on the MSD solenoid as shown here.

Run the wire alongside the battery cable to the rear stud on the solenoid. Crimp an eyelet to the wire to attach it to the back of the solenoid. Complete the installation by moving the battery cable that's coming up from the starter from the back of the fender-mounted solenoid to the front.

The installed starter is truly a bulletproof piece of equipment that will provide years of reliable service to even the highest-compression engines.