put a mini starter on the 63
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lilnoah
Supercharged slant six with 4 speed and 8.25
What starter is that?
Where did you get it?
Where did you get it?
BillGrissom
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lilnoah,
All Chrysler slant & V-8 starters are the same 1960 thru the Magnum engines (~2001). The Magnum ones are termed "mini", about half the size and weight, and they work better. Probably what is shown. Any junkyard, ebay, auto parts. Only the connectors vary slightly. I took the whole BATT+ cable when I grabbed one.
All Chrysler slant & V-8 starters are the same 1960 thru the Magnum engines (~2001). The Magnum ones are termed "mini", about half the size and weight, and they work better. Probably what is shown. Any junkyard, ebay, auto parts. Only the connectors vary slightly. I took the whole BATT+ cable when I grabbed one.
That starter sure spins these engines over nice and fast, and they don't pull a bunch of amps I believe I loved it when I added it to my /6 @Motopsycho 
68 CUDA FORMULA S
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Yes they do I put one on both the 66 Barracuda 273 and the 74 Scamp 318 didn't have to change a thing went right on and they work GREAT!!!
BillGrissom
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They are especially good for those w/ SB or BB, where trying to work the bulky, heavy factory starter past the steering linkage can be trying, then trying to get a socket on the bolt & nut. A slant starter can be changed in your church clothes. The mini is so much lighter, you can carry a spare in the trunk at the total weight of the original.
slantsixdan
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No, sir. For one thing, the first year is '62, not '60. In '60 and '61 all the cars still used direct-drive starters with 9-tooth, 1"-diameter pinions. The gear-reduction starter introduced in '62 has a 10-tooth, 1.3" diameter pinion so they don't interchange with '60-'61.
For another thing, even if we start in '62 it's still not the case that all the starters are interchangeable, let alone being the same. Interchange on RWD/4WD starters is most (not all) '62-'89 RWD Slant-6 and V8 passenger cars, many (not all) '62-'01 Dodge trucks and RWD/4WD vans with Slant-6, V8, or 3.9 V6, and '05-'08 Dodge Ram trucks with 5.7 V8 and manual transmission. Exclusions from the "many/most" groups include trucks and cars with 11" clutch, '62-'66 Canadian-built Slant-6 cars and trucks, and pre-'70 cars with 426 engines—those all use (various) starters with the 9-tooth, 1"-diameter pinion.
Trucks and vans newer than '02 (except the '05-'08 manual-trans 5.7 Rams) have no nose cone on the starter, so they don't work properly on older applications that require the nose cone.
'89 was the first year for the Nippondenso mini starter. In '94 that starter was redesigned and got even smaller. The '05-'08 manual 5.7 Rams use an even more compact starter, a totally different (non-Denso) design.
If you're going to the trouble to update the starter, might as well use the newest design that fits, the '05-'08 Dodge Ram 5.7 V8 manual transmission starter. That's this one or this one. It's slightly extra work to install, but it's the best at staying out of the way of your headers, and as such holds up best especially if your headers aren't wrapped, and it's a very powerful starter (pics and videos linked from here). Background info here and detail on the bolt you need is at the top of this page.
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