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The brass shavings inside the starter may be normal. Usually just the material from the brushes which are a combination of bronze and carbon.

Normally hard starting problems when hot are from the starter not getting enough power. I had this problem with my car LONG ago. I replaced all the battery wires with 0 Gauge welding wire with soldered end terminals. Never had a problem again.

My old 69 Fairlane once started smoking while trying to start it in the winter. It wasnt the starter, it was the small diameter wire. The wire to the starter actually was melting the insulation off. Replaced it with larger wire and it starts like a new car.

Trust me, it is not the stock starter. A stock starter will easily turn an 11:1 engine. It did for me. Change the wires. By the way, I still have the original starter on my car.