[DeTomaso] FW: Pantera Starter

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

My experience is the opposite. A manual starter will drop right in, an automatic will not fit worth a damn. As the ZF bellhousing is flat on its front end it is the same as the bellhousing or trans case for the Ford transmissions. The flywheel doesn't have a different contour than the ones found in other manual Fords. Hence there is no need to use an automatic starter.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: <eds73l at hotmail.com>; <chrisvkimball at msn.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] FW: Pantera Starter


>n a message dated 11/6/07 8:31:39 AM, eds73l at hotmail.com writes:
> 
>> I went to the Pomona Swap meet here in So. Cal. and got one from a guy that 
>> sells to one of the venders and I got it for $90.00. It works great and he 
>> guarentees it for 3 years. The only problem I had was the flange on the new 
>> starter was thicker than the stock and I got 2 longer studs from Auto Zone for 
>> a couple dollars and was in business.
>> 
> 
> You got lucky- the "thick flange" is what you need for many Hitachi starter 
> adaptions. The Pantera 351-C to ZF approximates the Mustang with an automatic 
> flex-plate as far as ring-gear-to-bendix spacing. Selecting a starter for a 
> 'stick' 351-C will often give a starter spacing too far inward, the bendix-gear 
> will grind and evil things will happen. Which is why I mentioned getting parts 
> from a Pantera vendor, who have already worked out the mismatches and have the 
> proper parts. FWIW, not all mini-starters have the same bendix spacing..... 
> Good luck, all- J Deryke
> 
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