one of the two starters I have (the newer one) , have the plugs for power panel hook up on it. I have tried them with soldered connections at the female end and the other ends connected to the battery by the typical post bolt that comes with the battery and the resultis the same ,...no torque. as I read some of the posts iam really starting to believe I simply got bad starters. believe me,...I have tried enough variations in power and connections, that if the starters were going to give decent power, I would have found it.
the big problem is that I think I am stuck with the starter I bought new because it was quite a while go since I bought it before I tried it and the shop I bought it from has long since gone out of business, because the owner retired.
oh, well,...money down the drain,...it wouldn't be the first time !.