Starter- hot starts
Le Mans Master
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Yep, truck. Just curious . Came with a cast iron nose. Dealer mechanic told me iron with the big block, because in a backfire the alum nose snaps off with a BB. Just curious when they changed, and the logic behind it.
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PS, there is no such thing as 'heat soak'
just get a good starter!
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Correct, except one may want the large case high torque HD starter. Thats what I use on the 454`s. The OEM stuff is light years ahead of those afermarket high dollar pieces of miniture junk.
Last edited by Ironcross; Jan 29, 2007 at 03:43 PM.
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That's what I was thinking, and I will probably buy a GM HD starter when the time comes.
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Probably 1970 with the introduction of the 454. However, both the 350 and 454 starters are interchangeable. The 454 does have HD fields and is a good choice for SB`s too. Your 88 truck would have had a metric starter on it and it would not have been correct with the cast iron starter. The mounting bolt holes through the aluminum nose are of a metric size, slightly different than before the 1977 models and yet looks identical except for a shorter switch.
PS, there is no such thing as 'heat soak'
just get a good starter!
PS, there is no such thing as 'heat soak'
just get a good starter!
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My original starter never did this but when I had to replace it the new one did. For about two years. Then it stopped. Now it's fine when hot. Figure that one out!!
