howdy i am having a bit of a dilemma... to make the long story short..... i had a shop build me a motor years ago and they put a 383 motor and used a 454 ministarter to my knowledge. well the starter went to hell today and tried to buy a new one at autozone and they dont make them anymore. so what are u guys using to start your cars with? i have absolutely no knowledge about what starter and all. i have been trying to get my new setup started it fired today for the first time but had to shut it off cuz starter pin wouldnt go back in. so any help here would be appreciated. thanks for your time

 

How many teeth does your flywheel have?
Find a SBC starter specific for your flywheel.

 

Ohh is that how u do it just count the teeth on the flywheel and get a starter made for that specific nbr of teeth on the flywheel correct?

 

Get a starter that works for 153& up I for get the tooth count, and shim it

 

well i looked at the stock starter and they are really big and ugly haha and i dont want those so im trying to find a bigblock ministarter that will work on my car and i ll look into that flywheel teeth thing thanks for your help appreciate it yall

 

get a mini starter.. 153 is for a sbc but the other size can still be used on a sbc. mostly the 153's are found on the 305's

 

being a 383 they used a 168 tooth flexplate (unless it is an internally balanced crank). one for a 400 motor. some mini high torque starts have a dual bolt pattern to space it for either the 153 or 168 tooth flexplate. like this one http://store.summitracing.com/partde...art=CSI%2D100U