Thread: Starter Heat Shield???

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I have been told I need a heat shield for my starter. (350 crate HO 330 hp) Does this sound reasonable, if so what kind of shield would work?

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You may not need one. Chevy has placed their starters there for 52 years. However, if you do want one, check these out. They're bolt ons.

Starter Heat Shields - summitracing.com

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Henry Rifle, thanks for the list, I ordered the first one. Note to the originator of this thread that the bolt holes for various starters are not universal. I previously ordered one from Speedway that not only does not fit my starter on a SBC 350, but the shape has no metal where I would need to drill new holes. Maybe I'll get one that fits this time because it looks different than the one from Speedway. I went to a local Chevrolet agency and asked for a 1976 Corvette 350 starter heat shield and they said "huh?". I guess they don't carry parts back that far even though the basic SBC has remained similar since 1955?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

I bought one of the cheap heat blankets from the parts store, and it helped out a lot! My hooker headers were real close, so it caused problems in the heat department.

Based on many years of running small block Chev engines in hotrods---If you are running with no hoodsides on a thirties era car, you won't need a starter heatshield.