[ischmitz]

I believe they are the same thing. However, I had issues with mine where the little gear would chew up the ring gear. Do a search - there are similar stories out there and apparently you can shim the starter to improve matter. I ended up going back to the stock starter for several reasons:

- I do like the slower-spinning of the original Porsche starter. The high-torque starters make the car sound like a Chevy when cranking. It spins much faster.
- I got tired of dealing with the gear not engaging and chewing up the ring gear.

Honestly, the 8 pounds won't matter with a 3.6......

Ingo