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Old May 8th, 2017, 02:42 PM
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Default Re: Hi torque starter

HotRod:
You could easily build one. If you look at the picture below, this is a high torque Delco starter from a Cadillac. Big block Chevies, Olds, Pontiacs used them too. The reason you can tell from the outside is that it uses the spacer where the starter terminal bolts to the solenoid. Low torque bolts up directly to the solenoid without the spacer.

If you procure one of these, the high torque field coil housing (round part) and armature are what are different. You could slip your nose cone and starter drive onto the high torque parts and you would have a high torque starter that bolts to your engine. If you have a shop rebuilding your starter, they likely have these parts already.

Hope that helps. These thoughts are from my days in the 80's working in a starter rebuild shop when I was in college.
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Steve

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