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    5/17/2013 9:21 PM  #1

    Ernest
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    Starter for t-5

    I'm installing a t-5 in my 66 fastback and wanted opinions on what starter to use. 

    Last edited by Ernest (5/18/2013 9:28 AM)

     

    5/17/2013 9:30 PM  #2

    steve s.
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    Re: Starter for t-5

    my 69 was a c-4 car & i'm using the one  that was in  there with that.

     

    5/17/2013 9:39 PM  #3

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    Re: Starter for t-5

    Ernest wrote:

    I'm installing a t-5 in my 66 fastback and wanted opinions on what starter to use. 

     
    Check out Skip White Performance on e-bay. I'd recommend the one  with the built in solenoid and the mini size/high torque. Less apt to get heat soaked from the headers like the old style "big-fat-ones".
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    5/17/2013 9:44 PM  #4

    jeremy
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    Re: Starter for t-5

    c4 starter, t5 starter, they''ll all work..the 93 mustangs had a mini starter, and the explorer 5.0's had a mini starter too with an actual solonid attached.

     

    5/18/2013 6:13 AM  #5

    MS
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    Re: Starter for t-5

    The only one that does NOT work is the manual transmission starter from a 289 or 302.  Later years, they converted to all use same starter. (Nose depth difference)

    I use a 66 starter for an automatic 289, but the later style works great too,

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    5/18/2013 7:29 AM  #6

    wsinsle
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    Re: Starter for t-5

    I used the mini starter with built in solenoid. Wanted to eliminate the solenoid on the side wall to neaten things up a bit.

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    5/20/2013 7:51 AM  #7

    Michael H.
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    Re: Starter for t-5

    MustangSteve wrote:

    The only one that does NOT work is the manual transmission starter from a 289 or 302.  Later years, they converted to all use same starter. (Nose depth difference)

    I use a 66 starter for an automatic 289, but the later style works great too,

    This is true as long as you are using a T-5 bellhousing, but if you are using a 4-speed bellhousing with an adapter plate then you need to use the 4-speed starter.

    Match the starter to the bellhousing:
    t-5 bellhousing = c4 starter
    4-speed bellhousing = 4-speed starter

     

     

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