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Well, before i can mount up the bellhousing, i wanted to test fit the starter.
i went with a really nice unit from powermaster. I was thinking about one from RobbMC since everyone says such nice things about him, but my dad had a fantastic experience with powermaster customer service on his R galaxie 427.
When I mounted up the starter without bellhousing (just to block plate to see how it sits), it was a full 1/4" from the flywheel ring gear. This is a little too far for my liking. When I fully pull out the starter gear, it only overlaps about 50% with the flywheel gear. including picture here of the starter at rest.
The folks at powermaster are really nice, and they will mill about 1/8" off the mounting plate for the starter for me. i think then it will be perfect.
I think the problem is that the rear of the crankshaft might just be a little thicker than a stock one. or maybe not. the distance I measure from the rear of the block to the edge of the flywheel ring gear is 5/8". i am not sure what the normal measurement should be. I am using a Ford performance flywheel. I also don't know if the ring gear on the flywheel is in the totally stock position. these challenges always come up when using non-stock parts (crank, flywheel, and starter)!
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