C6 vette starter in fbody
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C6 vette starter in fbody The C6 vette starter is about $80 cheaper than the fbody or truck starter. I've seen it discussed and the only difference to the truck starter is the connector on the solenoid. I was just going to make my own connector, but the solenoid swapped over and it was much easier
My old starter was failing and the truck starters are pricey, this seems to be the cheapest solution and you get the advantage of the longer starter bolts
So here's a few pictures of me swapping the solenoids. Starter is already installed and working flawlessly in my camaro
My old starter was failing and the truck starters are pricey, this seems to be the cheapest solution and you get the advantage of the longer starter bolts
So here's a few pictures of me swapping the solenoids. Starter is already installed and working flawlessly in my camaro
Last edited by chrysler kid; Jun 3, 2017 at 09:53 PM.
Very nice, looks like it saves a little bit of room as well over the old starter. I'm with Happy on the connector as well. It would help down the road if you ever had to do it again and also would eliminate having to use an old, used solenoid on a brand new starter. Most of the starter problems I've ever personally had have been bad solenoids.
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For connector the only thing I could find would have been to just use a female spade connector. Didn't seem like it would be water proof enough to last the test of time.
I'm assuming the vette starters are cheaper because not many have failed from regular use, and most vettes stay lower mileage compared to the trucks. Thay also means a rebuilt one is also coming from much less use and probably as a lower mileage situation than a typical truck starter core. Win win
I'm assuming the vette starters are cheaper because not many have failed from regular use, and most vettes stay lower mileage compared to the trucks. Thay also means a rebuilt one is also coming from much less use and probably as a lower mileage situation than a typical truck starter core. Win win
So... I don't think this is against the rules... I don't know of any sponsors that sell this part ... Mods if this isn't allowed I'm sorry lol.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GM-Starter-C...-/200848621868
That's the connector for the starter. Took a couple seconds of googling to find, there's another website that's selling these for like 80 bucks (but who's going to pay that for a single connector? lol)
Unfortunately my motor is currently torn apart, and probably won't be coming back together until late fall/early winter. But I'll let you guys know lol.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GM-Starter-C...-/200848621868
That's the connector for the starter. Took a couple seconds of googling to find, there's another website that's selling these for like 80 bucks (but who's going to pay that for a single connector? lol)
Unfortunately my motor is currently torn apart, and probably won't be coming back together until late fall/early winter. But I'll let you guys know lol.
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I'm not surprised this works. I've never tried it with a C6 starter, but I did use an LT1's starter in my 1992 Formula Firebird. The fat *** stock starter was so big I had to drop the exhaust system to change it out. The LT1 starter meant that I'd never have to do that again.
hmm interesting, so the C6 starter has a smaller solenoid, updated design w/both longer studs for cheaper than the LS1 and Truck starters??? why didn't I know of this 4 months ago!
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It has the longer studs, so you would need to purchase the Dorman brand replacement starter bolts
The solenoids are the exact same size, I swapped them so i wouldn't have to purchase this connector
Uploaded your pic of the starter wire. Ebay isn't a vendor selling the parts so I don't believe it goes against site policy
