Drag Race Engine Guru's... need starter help
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:53 am
My 1975 Nova (in front of crossmember steering) has a small block with Hedman big tube headers and a Milodon pan. Believe it or not a stock GM starter will slide right up there and bolt up fine. I used the stock starter for years with the old tired 406sb. Now with the new 436 and 14:1 I know the stock one won't cut it. Trouble is all the gear reduction starters are offset and hit the pan and or the header tube. Even with adjustable clock positions. I need to find a starter that will fit the original footprint of a stock GM starter and still crank this thing over. Motor is in the car and the headers were just ceramic coated. I hate to have to pull it to either change pans and/or cut the header tube.
Gear reduction/offset-This one will not fit:
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/10001/10002/-1
Anyone ever use this starter? It says 4.4:1 reduction but I can't tell how much it's offset. If the offset goes outside the circle of the OEM starter , it won't fit.
http://www.jegs.com/i/MSD/121/5095/10002/-1
Pan:
http://www.jegs.com/i/Milodon/697/31167/10002/-1
Gear reduction/offset-This one will not fit:
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/10001/10002/-1
Anyone ever use this starter? It says 4.4:1 reduction but I can't tell how much it's offset. If the offset goes outside the circle of the OEM starter , it won't fit.
http://www.jegs.com/i/MSD/121/5095/10002/-1
Pan:
http://www.jegs.com/i/Milodon/697/31167/10002/-1