Mini starter or LS1 starter

[Reggie West]

I have a mini starter on my car and it has died.

Anybody on the board selling them?

 

[novaderrik]

i think you mean "LT1 starter"..

 

[charlief1]

A Chevy SBC starter will work fine but if you want a high torque starter then look on evilbay. You can get a 3 hp mini starter for around $80 shipped and they include lifetime warrenty. Good deal and I have one myself.:biggrin:

 

[Reggie West]

I ordered the LT4 starter from Autozone. Part # is 17142

$120 for the starter and $42 for the core.

I will post up results when I'm done.

 

[Dusty Bradford]

The starter on my car came from a junkyard for $40 over 4 years ago. It's off of a 98 model Vortec truck engine and it starts a 531ci big block with a ton of spring pressure.

 

[Reggie West]

OK lesson learned

I tried the LT4 starter on the car and it does fit. The problem is the solenoid is clocked at 10 instead of 3 so the starter wires will not reach that far to attach properly.

I did find a LT1 starter on Ebay for $64 and $19 to ship. So after getting the $175 back from Autozone, I have $90 back and a rebuildable core to boot.

I have been told that an LS1 starter will work on our cars as well. Prices start at $105 and go up from there and that was on Ebay too.

I will post up pics and results when I get the new one.

 

[charlief1]

SBC BBC CHEVY 3HP High Torque Mini Starter 327 350 400 - eBay (item 120705768282 end time Apr-07-11 19:05:12 PDT)

SBC BBC Chevy Mini Starter 3 Hp 3Hp 350 383 400 Extreme - eBay (item 190518674332 end time Apr-08-11 12:12:21 PDT)

SBC BBC Chevy Mini Starter 3 Hp 3Hp 350 383 400 Extreme - eBay (item 190518430342 end time Apr-10-11 18:55:58 PDT)

CHEVY SBC BBC EXTREME DUTY MINI STARTER 3HP 350 383 400 - eBay (item 330551009223 end time Apr-11-11 18:41:21 PDT)

 

[Mark E.]

How long ago did you get this mini starter? Was it one of the cheap chinese ones like in the last post?

I have a mini starter on my car and it has died.

Anybody on the board selling them?

 

[ttypewhite]

Make sure that LT1/LT4 starter is not used with TA headers. Ask me how I know. TA headers requires something along the lines of a Turbobuicks mini stater