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Ls3 starter Hi guys last year my 10 year old stock starter crapped out, I bought one of the ebay knock offs as advance wants 170 for a rebuilt and a new delco is around 200 and change. Now its 10 months later and surprise surprise the ebay one is taking a crap....
I ran across a thread on here where a member used an ls3 starter on his project (l99/t56) in a c4 vette. The ls3 starter can be had brand new for 120 bucks from ac delco. Does anyone see an issue with running the stock ls3 starter? The connector pigtail is a little different but thats not a big deal. I'm just wondering if the mounting location and all would be the same?
I ran across a thread on here where a member used an ls3 starter on his project (l99/t56) in a c4 vette. The ls3 starter can be had brand new for 120 bucks from ac delco. Does anyone see an issue with running the stock ls3 starter? The connector pigtail is a little different but thats not a big deal. I'm just wondering if the mounting location and all would be the same?
last i knew the starters among all the chevy Gen 3 and 4 engines including marine engines all had the same mounting pattern and same nose cone. only difference was whether the bolt pattern, for the 2 bolts that hold the starter to the block, in the nose cone was straight across or staggered. I forget which is which, the starter in my 4 cyl on my boat is the same as on my 2002 LS1 except for the bolt pattern. and technically if you have a starter now you can take that nose cone off and put it on the new starter.
The starters are all PG260M. the length of the body/motor has varied, the longer ones are more powerful I think 1.4kw or 1.7kw. also the thing that usually craps out is the electromagnet solenoid on the starter. the armature and brushes and gears inside are basically bulletproof.
The starters are all PG260M. the length of the body/motor has varied, the longer ones are more powerful I think 1.4kw or 1.7kw. also the thing that usually craps out is the electromagnet solenoid on the starter. the armature and brushes and gears inside are basically bulletproof.
