Starter Issues?? please help

[RoarinE21]

Alright lets start from the top..
I have swapped an m20b25 into my e21 but have kept the e21 m10's single mass flywheel. I also am using the transmission from the e30 318i, the getrag 240, as opposed to the getrag 260 usually behind the m20. Because the transmission is made for the 4 cyl e30 it sits at a 10 degree angle towards the driver in my car. Because I have the m10 flywheel, Ive taken the starter bendix gear from an m30 bmw and put it into the regualr m20 starter, a sort of franken-starter. The starter works, engages and spins, but when installed on the engine, even though I can here it working it isnt coming into contact with the flywheel. Ive removed it and checked and the notches on the flywheel are fine...
Do you guys think the problem is the starter? should I just try and m30 or an m10 one straight up?

Or do you think its because the bellhousing is at that 10 degree angle?

please any help would be great
also the transmission isnt 100% completely bolted up, need custom crossbar. But I dont think this matters because all the old bmws ive driven dont require you to press down the clutch or anything to start it. but please correct me if im wrong here haha
Thanks!

[lukeADE335i]

You could try an M10 or M30 starter - they are a different depth than the M20 ones.

That said, when I tried to defeat the internets by using an M20 flywheel and clutch combo on my M30 with a G240, it worked for about a month then the ring gear died as the starter bendix was only just making contact with the M20 ring gear. The starter sounded horrible too.

I had to extend the clutch slave cylinder rod too, after the first slave cylinder over extended and broke.

The best thing to do is source a single mass M20 flywheel and run the M20 clutch. It'll work fine with the G240 as this was what the e30 320i came with stock. If it's hard to source one locally, you could go with the RHD Engineering flywheel:

http://racehead.com.au/products-page/engine-components/bmw-racing-flywheel-2/

[RoarinE21]

You could try an M10 or M30 starter - they are a different depth than the M20 ones.

That said, when I tried to defeat the internets by using an M20 flywheel and clutch combo on my M30 with a G240, it worked for about a month then the ring gear died as the starter bendix was only just making contact with the M20 ring gear. The starter sounded horrible too.

I had to extend the clutch slave cylinder rod too, after the first slave cylinder over extended and broke.

The best thing to do is source a single mass M20 flywheel and run the M20 clutch. It'll work fine with the G240 as this was what the e30 320i came with stock. If it's hard to source one locally, you could go with the RHD Engineering flywheel:

http://racehead.com.au/products-page...ng-flywheel-2/

Hey thanks for the quick reply! Definitely think im gonna go with that RHD flywheel, 235 isnt too bad. Then the engine should turn over just using the standard m20 starter right?