Well I have run stock mini starters on my junk with no issues. My last one accidently got knocked off my tool box and cracked. I happened to have a powermaster I had picked up in some deal and threw it in there and never a problem with it either.

I too believe ALOT Of starter issues come from poor grounds on the car. Just went through this on my Status. We had some issues cranking the engine and come to find out one of the crimps was loose on the battery ground. Fixed that a viola problem solved.