sbc starter fit

have a '63 283 engine......using an old 1957 manual bellhousing so i can change the clutch without pulling bellhousing........'57 starter came with bellhousing, is old and bolts on bellhousing with 3 bolts....would rather use new two bolt in block starter with 168 tooth flywheel......will that be a problem.......thanks in advance for answers.......charlie......

 

it might fit. I think the iron nose starters fit better than aluminum....might as well just use the 3 bolt style?

 

you'll NEVER have to shim the 3 bolt and it will always sound right

 

I prefer the old 3 bolt style ( to the bell housing ) ...
WAY less fitment issues. Plus they have IRON heads ... not aluminum
Very easy to upgrade them to Big Block starter specs.



Just use the IRON head from the 3 bolt starter and bolt it to the big block starter ( see the little brass spacer ). The big block starter is longer, tougher and cranks HARDER

I have puller the engine ... without removing the starter ... with the 3 bolt style

 

If you run the starter that bolts to the block I think you have to do some trimming on the bellhousing to get it to fit.

I have the three bolt end on my 48 with the cast iron bellhousing and have swapped fields and armatures off other starters onto that end a couple of times over the years. I think the last one came off an Olds. I always replace the drive end bushing though.
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That's what I remember too. I was working on an early 327 in a Kaiser M715. I gave up in the end and got a 3 bolt starter for it.

 

there are iron nose two bolt starters, that's what I meant might fit better than the aluminum nose.

But the 3 bolt is not too hard to find, they used them on trucks thru 1972.

 

Oh, and somebody weigh in here on if the 168-tooth flywheel will fit inside the 1957 bell housing. I don't know, but it might be worth checking before he's in too deep.

 

yeah, the big flywheel was used on all of them back then.

 

Excellent to know, thank you.

 

thanks guys, now i will use the 3 bolt starter.......chascue.....

 

It sounds like the truck style set up I've been using forever. I use the truck flywheel, clutch, starter, the works down to the cast fork. I've been using the same basic starter for years with a quick rebuild when it needs it by a local shop.

Bob