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Sep 23, 2022 | 12:19 PM

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Phoenix32

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Originally Posted by SFaulken

I never said that the headers on my '92 hit the starter. I said that I replaced the OEM starter with a Mini Starter, when a starter replacement became necessary. Purely for ease of replacement in the future. The mini starter is about twice as expensive as an OEM style, and if I had been broke I would have been fine with putting an OEM style starter back in it. I also said that the starter was in the truck, before I got it, and I added the headers later, so I have *zero* Idea if the headers had anything to do with any sort of premature failure. I'm just relaying experiences, not trying to scare anybody, or complain about anything. I've got/had a number of older carbureted rigs with headers over the years, that *did* have header/starter clearance issues, that in some cases, required taking the headers loose to get the starter in and out. This application was NOT one of them.

Actually, my comment was not based on what you said. I have seen comments in other threads and elsewhere commenting on the closeness of the starter or hitting it and having to go to a different starter. Sorry if seemed like I was singling your comments out. And as for failure, I didn’t even catch that your starter failed. My idea was simply based on the simple fact that heat mixed with electrical components equals shorter life spans.

Honestly, I think the photos showing how close it is affected me more than anything I read.

Last edited by Phoenix32; Sep 23, 2022 at 12:22 PM.

Sep 24, 2022 | 12:32 PM

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torq'ta 5 8

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From: N.W. Alabama

My swap meet, (2yrs no leak) bbk has no egr, but I can drill and weld in nipple(one day), and fleabay, has had MAC, Bassani equal length shorties, for sale from time to time, that fit our 5.8L