HELP -c4 to t5 swap, starter interchange?

Hey all,

I finished my c4 to t5 swap about a month ago. Still some bugs to work out, but all in all, it kicks a**.

Problem is, I've gone through 2 used starters.

The first was a mini starter. Was DOA. I sat on it for 5 months before the care started running, so as far as junk yard warranties go, no joy.

So I bought a starter from an 86 mustang. It worked for a while, and then started getting irritable about hot starts.

Today, I was restarting the car in the Starbucks drive through, they can't hear me order with the car on, and the starter fought to turn over. Finally, the armature popped out and turned the engine. Then the armature made a nasty noise and died.

So I'm back in no starter land.

I do have my trusty napa c4 starter. Never had any problems with it. The question is...

Can I use it?

let me know asap

Thanks,

Don

t5 bellhousing

Stock 5.0 flywheel

well I just put the 1968 v8 automatic starter into a t5 with a stock 50 oz imbalance flywheel and t5 bellhousing.

The thing started right up....

In fact w/ the automatic, i had to shim it. Not anymore..

So there it is. Although, if something goes wrong later, I'll update.

On the mini, I jumped the soleniod and used one of the wall models.

Didn't much matter, the armature would spin but not move forward. I was in a hurry to get the car running and i traded the mini in as a loss (CORE) on the 86 starter.

Still having issues with the hot start. Only hesistates a little. Then again, the alt has a s**t bearing (you can hear it, believe me). The used explorer pws pump is crap too.

Funny, I had great luck with $20 3g alternators. Now, I'm 0 for 3.