Well the ONLY thing holding me back now is the starter.. Of course my stock 350 starter will not work because of the 168 tooth flexplate... I went to OReily and bought a starter for a 400 sbc 1980 chevy truck.. It fits, BUT the bolt hole in the block closes to flywheel is a DIFFERENT size than the other 2 starter bolt holes.. It makes NO SENSE.. seems like its the size of a head bolt. Anyone every heard of this?

The 400 starter is HUGE also.. very close to my headers...I'm thinking about taking it back and getting a mini starter.. with 10.25:1 compression, i might need a higher torque starter anyway..

What do yall think ?????????????????????

 

sounds like you need another starter

 

Sounds like someone stripped out that hole before you and maybe drill and tapped it to 7/16.

 

i emailed the engine builder and he said use a staggered starter for a 168 tooth sbc..

the one im using wasnt staggered, so maybe thats the problem. I still dont see what the point of having two bolt holes an inch apart is though if only one "works"

Maybe the other was drilled /tapped to something bigger?

shane
be ordering a hi troque mini starter soon

 

do what i did.....i used a 4.3v6 starter for an 88 s10. its tiny as he!! for great header clearance and has a staggared bolt pattern and works with the 168 tooth flywheel. thank got for Jay at the local NAPA beeing an ex-roundy round racer and telling me about that little gem. :hail: :hail:

 

already ordered a hi torque mini starter off ebay... $100, but ac delco brand and brand new with a 1 year warranty.


sounds like a good deal you got, but i'd just be worried it wouldnt like my 10.25:1 compression ratio in the log run.

Shane

 

didn't ya read the part about they guy recomending them was a roundy round racer? he was using them to crank over 12.5:1 motors easily. they are some kind of magnetic type starter that makes more torque than a standard gear reduction starter.

 

Well i tried using the 4.3 liter v6 starter for a 88 S10, it smoked trying to turn the motor over. not near enough power for my 10.25:1 383 stroker.

Cant imagine people using this on a 12:1 compression motor..

It turned it over VERY slow, and stopped ever few seconds. Guess i'll try the hi torque mini starter now..

I didnt have the a/c delco starter, i had a "ultima" reman from hi lo oreily... $100

??

Shane

 

sounds like you got a bad one. mine spins it over a hell of alot faster than my high torque starter turned over my old 355.

 

I guess so. I put my high torque mini starter i got off ebay on there, and it turns the motor like nothing.

I hope i can take the other starter back since I had to drill out one of the bolt holes to 3"8.

:-(