doing a starter with lt's?

[98COBRA281]

i dont think i have ever heard this asked, but can you install a new started with lt's, i will be installing my lt's in the near future, and i have no clue how old my starter is, it works fine right now, but if it craps out with the lt's installed will it be a huge PITA to change?

 

[96GT281]

ahh who needs a starter? shes a 5 spd well push start her

 

[98COBRA281]

ahh who needs a starter? shes a 5 spd well push start her

my luck ill be by myself on a flat a$$ road

 

[96GT281]

my luck ill be by myself on a flat a$$ road

yea right. the only hills we have in florida is our slightly angled driveways

 

[blackink00]

anyways back to the question. yes a starter isnt bad with long tubes. can be done.

 

[Rusty67]

You can heat wrap the LTs to prevent heatsoaking the starter. Ceramic coating the headers inside and out will also help to prevent this problem.

 

[98COBRA281]

anyways back to the question. yes a starter isnt bad with long tubes. can be done.

thanks

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

Buy BBK ceramics. The coating lasts quite a while. I installed mine in 2002. I started to feel more heat from the floor in 2005. So I got 3-1/2 summers outta the coating. From 2005-2008 (currently) they are a little rusty on the bottom. Don't wrap them for a street car because it will hold moisture and rust much much faster. Just don't drive in the rain. I got caught in the rain a few times and I think that's how mine rusted, because I rarely drive the car.

 

[SilverBullet00]

You can wrap the starter in heat shield material, thats what I did. It looks like a chipotle burrito! I changed the starter on my 2000 GT with BBK longtubes. Its do-able, but have lots of extensions handy.. I did it in about an hour.

 

[snidehockey]

headers shouldnt interfere...but even w/ them off dude you're gonna seriously reconsider replacing the starter when you start trying to get that top starter bolt.

 

[98COBRA281]

headers shouldnt interfere...but even w/ them off dude you're gonna seriously reconsider replacing the starter when you start trying to get that top starter bolt.

i left that starter bolt out when i did my clutch, that top bolt is a b***h!!!!

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

Yeah, the top left is a B. I think LT's would really get in the way where you place your hand - but the extension and socket i put through the a-arm of the k-member kinda through the firewall area ratcheting from the engine bay so that shouldn't effect it too much. I just can't imagine placing it on the bolts with LT's there.

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

I haven't done it with L/T's but come to think of it I did it with stock stuff and taking off the A/C compressor made it way easier for the middle and upper bolts.