I am getting ready to reinstall my 350 hp 327 back in my 1966 coupe and am confused as to the proper starter motor to install. I have 4 or 5 starter motors on the shelf and most of the ID tags I put on them have fallen off. I am pretty sure I have a 153 tooth flywheel (4 speed car). How can I differenciate the 153 and 168 tooth starter motor applications? Part numbers would help but, I am not sure I have the original one. Can anyone provide the visual differences in the snout of the starter motors? Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: C2 Starter Motor
The larger flywheel uses the staggered bolt pattern and the smaller flywheel uses the straight line bolt pattern starter nose. -
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The larger flywheel uses the staggered bolt pattern and the smaller flywheel uses the straight line bolt pattern starter nose. Same info applies to flex plates.Comment
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Your 66 should take a 1107320 starter. When I changed my 66 from a NOM 350 back to the L79 327/350 I found that when I used the correct 153 tooth flywheel, the starter was different. I think I had to change to the nose of the starter only. I vaguely remember that one has the staggered pattern, as discussed in the above post, and the other was a straight pattern. One was aluminunm (I think) and the other cast iron. The starter shop was willing to do the changeover but they wanted a king's ransome for the 327 style starter nose.
GaryComment
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Steve-----
The starter noses are the only really functional difference between the starters for the 153 tooth and 168 tooth flywheels/flexplates. Any starter frame (the "barrel" section with the "numbers" on it) can be interchanged so you cannot go by starter part number. The starter part number is only relevent to what the ORIGINAL configuration of the starter was. Rebuilders and others pay no mind to starter part numbers and interchange at will.
Actually, there are several different starter nose housings; not just 2. You want the staggered mounting hole version as described above AND the one that uses 2 different length starter mounting bolts----one long and one short.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Gary------
I hope that "King's Ransom" wasn't more than $61.14. That's the current GM LIST price of the 63-68 small block starter nose, GM #1968122.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Thanks for all the info! *NM*
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C2 Starter Motor installation
This is related to this topic. How do you determine the correct tooth engagement via shimming the starter on these cars. It's virtually impossible to see how much clearance there is between the flywheel teeth and the started teeth.Comment
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Joe, I don't recall what it was, but then I remembered I got a starter with a block I bought. Sure enough, it had the right nose on it.
GaryComment
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Re: C2 Starter Motor installation
Use a paperclip. Stick the paperclip between the starter and flywheel teeth, it should slide in and out without any hang-up.Comment
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Re: C2 Starter Motor installation
Use a paperclip. Stick the paperclip between the starter and flywheel teeth, it should slide in and out without any hang-up. Good luck.Comment
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