Quote Originally Posted by Gusaroo
Where's the "youtube" video of this event...?

I guess I have to save that for when I take the first lap around the block, huh? We were so busy I didn't even get pictures of anything we did.


As for the starter, what helped a little was we installed a round shim they give you in the box.............not the normal flat shims that go on the mounting bolts, but this round shim goes on the snout and serves to move the starter toward the front of the engine slightly. But even with that it was too far back just a tad.

I am going to get the car up on some stands so I can see under there (darned thing is too low ) and do that measuring thing the guy from Powermaster suggested. I have seen some flywheels that have a little round spacer ring that goes on the same bolt holes as the flywheel or flexplate. Does Chevy use a spacer behind the flexplate??? I am also going to pop the convertor loose and see how easily it moves rearward.

But on the upside, the engine fires up on about one revolution and sounds pretty good. Just some minor ( I hope) things to fix, and it should be a runner.

Don