Best starter heat shield

[Tx Firefighter]

The days of big heavy bulky starters are past.

Any time you need a starter, look the parts guy in the face and tell him "98 model Tahoe with a 350".

You'll get one of these little fellas. They are tiny and crank like a mule. Even problematic applications suddenly become easy starters. I paid 80 bucks total for this delivered from Rockauto.





That's not some piece of sh!t either, it's a brand new Remy starter. GM knew what they were doing when they started equipping trucks with these mini starters from the factory.

[homemade87]

If I am not mistaken I think the smaller starter is a gear reduction like the newer ls starter. It gets the strength from the gear reduction so it can have a smaller motor. The larger starter depends on the brute force of the motor.(no gear reduction)

[cadillac_al]

Originally Posted by homemade87

If I am not mistaken I think the smaller starter is a gear reduction like the newer ls starter. It gets the strength from the gear reduction so it can have a smaller motor. The larger starter depends on the brute force of the motor.(no gear reduction)

That's what I was wondering. According to my old school thinking, there is no way that puny starter can crank like a big one. It must be gear reduction. The small size will definitly give it more header clearance. Thanks for the hot tip tx firefigher, my starter is on it's last legs so I am going to try one of those mini starters.