Hello guys and gals need some help with a part number for a starter for my lq9 I swap a 4l80 in to replace my 65 and I went to prime my motor today and the starter wouldnt reach my flex plate bc of the spacer they told me I needed to go in between my crank and flex plate. Do I need the spacer? And if so does someone have a part number for the starter I need? Thanks

 

I did this same swap on my SS. What flex plate, stock or aftermarket? I used the tci flex plate and I got a 4l80 converter from precision industries.

How far did you pull your converter out of the transmission pump when bolting it up to the flex plate?

 

If youre using an actual 4l80 converter and not one of the adaptor converter you need the adaptor! What did you get the flex plate from???

 

I got the adapter plate and flex plate from patc. And I have a precision industries converter built for the flex plate I got from patc

 

Here is the flex plate I have

 

And the spacer I have

 

I guess I assumed the spacer went right on the crank then the flex plate according to the info the flex plate goes on then the spacer? So what's the spacer for??

 

To move the flexplate back to mate it to the 4l80 converter, which is the same for older sbc as well as the ls engines....

 

I did the Same Swap 4l65 to 4l80 I ordered the 4l80 converter with the bolt pattern for the 4l65 flex plate would i have any issues ? Can I use the old starter ?