I purchased a Quick Time bell housing for the new 383 engine / Tremec TKO600 conversion I'm doing to my 65 coupe. It appears to be a very high quality bell housing for someone wanting a scattershield bell housing.

Now my dilema, The Quick Time distributor I purchased it from sold me the wrong one (# RM-6036). The one he sold me is for an LS engine with a Tremec TKO600 instead of a Pre-LS engine. I contacted the distributor who said it should be fine. I didn't get the warm fuzzy feeling I was hoping for after talking to him, so I emailed Quick Time direct last night at 9:30pm and to my suprise I had an email at 5:30 this morning that was sent at 11:30 pm last night.
This is what the Quick Time President said.

"You should have gotten a RM-6022. The RM-6036 will work with a couple of footnotes. You will have to use a high torque starter because the LS engines use a smaller barrel starter and the bolt kit we send with the RM-6036 has 10MM bolts. You will need 3/8"-16 bolts. Other than that they are the same bells and it will work. We will exchange you if you wish. Thanks for your interest in QuickTime products."

Thank you,
Ross McCombs
President
QuickTime Inc.
641-673-4468


I already have the bell housing installed and it fits fine against the engine block, so I would have to take it off and send it back and that would set me back a week which at this time of year isn't the end of the world but still a PIA.

Let me clariify something. The engine is not in the car yet it's on a stand and I plan on installing the engine and tranny as a single unit.

I don't know if I'm concerned for nothing and I should just get a HT starter and be done with it.

If I was to keep it is there a HT starter you guys would recommend for a 168 tooth flywheel.
I'm in a quandry and don't know which direction I should go.




Thanks, Mark

 

ttt

 

Hi Mark! I've used these two GM HT mini-starters over the past 10 years on my ZZ4 and both worked fine. Part # 12361146 & 12363128. I changed it out when I put in my TKO600 last year. Here are links:

https://store.gmperformanceparts.com/store/SelectProd.do?prodId=7506&redir=true&man ufacturer=GM&category=Electrical%20/%20Ignition%20Systems&name=High-torque%20mini-starter%20&model=<!--12361146-->


https://store.gmperformanceparts.com/store/SelectProd.do?prodId=7571&redir=true&man ufacturer=GM&category=Starter&name=High% 20Torque%20Mini%20Starter,%20Chrome%20&m odel=<!--12363128-->


- Pat

 

Thanks Pat I'll look into that starter

 

I'd send it back and get the right one so you don't have a mish-mash of oddball parts and fasteners; if your starter goes belly-up sometime down the road, ordinary Delco starters are available anywhere.