<< Too bad you can't keep the floor starter; I still don't understand why
not. Is it because the V8 starter uses a cylinoid and the 6 doesn't? I
have a hole in the floor board I need to plug one of these days....
Ed Miller >>
The reason is, the starter on the 6-cylinder is on the side of the 6
cylinder motor with no obstruction straight up ( hence Straight 6 ), whereas
on the V-8, you have an overhanging block with 4 pistons ( V-shape vs.
Straight ), so there's no way the starter can be mounted high up enough to
use the original location, the starter is now lower, almost under the motor.
The starter mounts to the block, NOT to the transmission, so due to that
change, there is no physical way the floor starter can be used again, as the
V-8 starter is physically lower down now. The 6 starter uses the floor pedal
as the solenoid, true, but due to the lower mounting position, none of the
hardware will reach the hole, even if the 6 starter is capable of fitting a
V-8 block. The 6 starter is straight up and down, whereas I think the V-8
starter has the solenoid cocked over to the side a bit to clear the
overhanging cylinder wall of the block, so the foot mechanism might be tilted
off to one side, even if you could mount it to a V-8 starter.
That's my assessment and I'm stickin' to it. :)
Jerry in Virginia
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