Need some help with a starter issue....


New motor is a Stroker 351W and is having major issues with flywheels and starters...

Anyone had issues with this?


157 Flywheel
157 Bellhouse
Powermaster XS Starter and Regular one.

Worked fine all day at home, broke at the track. Cant seem to keep this thing right??? Anyone know off issues?

 

I've always used the 4 cylinder starters in my 5.0 cars

 

Yeah me to.... I dont know whats going on...

 

What's it doing when it breaks? I'm assuming you have longtubes. Heat?

 

Naw, its not heat, plenty of clearance there. Starter comes loose one time, ate the flywheel, lock tighted the bolts and then it broke the housing on the flywheel...

 

starter not lining up properly maybe? don't know how or why that would happen though

 

richard,

i have the very same starter on my jank (the one with the adj mounting housing - for block clearance ) and have not had anything like this fortunately.

maybe a bad starter?

*ding ding* - random idea just occured.... are you using a chevy trans/bh and such??? i wonder if you are having issues with clearance by chance? maybe the fw sits too close to the starter (i know this b/c my flywheel was rubbing my starter housing until it wore enough away to be ok)

bad luck thou bro. hopefully you get things figured out.

(and pm me some details... im real curious on new setup)

 

This is the White car.... Hollys...

Its a 418 CI Windsor with a C4...

Its killing me....

70's Block
PA SUper Comp C4
JW Ultra Bell for 157
TCI 157 Flywheel


Cant get the crap to work right.... Does ok, then acts up. I am wondering if the convertor has a low spot on something on one of the lugs making it wobble?

 

are all the studs in the converter of equal length? are you using the "proper" block plate?

 

I have set them all about the same yeah, all came from TCI.

I have a bunch of parts in this car from Vinnies car....

Same Bell Housing, Convertor, Tranny, Block Plate, Flywheel from his old setup...

I dont get it?