Doug's headers and mini-starters
I can say for sure that a 5.7 starter would not fit my 77 360. It hits the block where it angles out toward the bellhousing mounting surface. You can see it's not even close to fitting. It's hanging on the bottom stud in this photo:
The curved area is where it hits.
I also picked up another Magnum mini-starter, and it is just a little bit different and fits a little bit better but I still feel like I need to ding the header. I think a lot of what looks like interference is caused by the camera, low light, etc. When I had it on the header kind of curves around it and now it's not right up against it. Also note how the insulator on this one pulls back where the one on the other starter wouldn't (without tearing it up)
I'm going to just work with this mini-starter, even if I do end up beating the heck out of the header to make myself feel better about it. I think if I can get a thermal shield in between the starter and header I'll be OK.
I can say for sure that a 5.7 starter would not fit my 77 360. It hits the block where it angles out toward the bellhousing mounting surface. You can see it's not even close to fitting. It's hanging on the bottom stud in this photo:
The curved area is where it hits.
I also picked up another Magnum mini-starter, and it is just a little bit different and fits a little bit better but I still feel like I need to ding the header. I think a lot of what looks like interference is caused by the camera, low light, etc. When I had it on the header kind of curves around it and now it's not right up against it. Also note how the insulator on this one pulls back where the one on the other starter wouldn't (without tearing it up)
I'm going to just work with this mini-starter, even if I do end up beating the heck out of the header to make myself feel better about it. I think if I can get a thermal shield in between the starter and header I'll be OK.
