84 turbo starter question

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84 turbo starter question

Postby spgftw » Fri Oct 12, 2012 4:32 pm

Hi all,
I recently picked up an 84 turbo 8 valve. The starter motor may be fried, and before I go ordering a new one I figured I'd consider plan B. This one is of course underneath the exhaust manifold- bad spot, no wonder it's fried.

I also have a later model 8 valve N/A motor sitting in my garage with the starter motor mounted on the intake side. Any reason I couldn't swap the whole plate behind the flywheel over to the 84 and use the later style starter? As long as I'm in there, and all....

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Re: 84 turbo starter question

Postby SwedeSport » Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:01 pm

Not sure if the blocks are the same on the flywheel side. The easy way out would be to just find a good starter and bolt it in. Are they really that bad?

I raided the crank and pistons out of an 84 turbo to donate the pistons to a hemi headded 85 turbo motor. I tossed the rest in the scrap heap.
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