I have an LT4 starter and tried to install it some time back ago. I got my old starter out just fine but could not get the LT4 starter in. I noticed it was just a bit bigger than the LT1 starter (or so I remember that) but I could not finagle it through the exhaust. I have MAC shorties and a BORLA exhaust, which wasn't there the last time I had to change a starter.

Would dropping the exhaust be mandatory at this point? Or am I just bad at angling the stuff? I've done plenty of work under the car before and found ways to get things through weird angles.

Anyone else drop the exhaust?

 

I had the car up high enough to get me under it, and I've done plenty of work under it. I thought it definitely had to do with the shorties and y-pipe.

 

I had to drop mine just to get the old starter out. Didn't seem to matter which angle I tried removing it that thing just wasn't coming out, not a big deal only took a couple of minutes. My setup was completely stock at the time.

 

I didnt have to drop mine to get the orignal lt1 starter out but i did have to drop it to get the lt4 in.

 

I wonder if this starter will work, if your running a stepped LT?

 

what's a stepped lt?

just running MAC shorties with Y pipe, cat, and borla.

 

a stepped header gets bigger as you move further down the pipe. example would be 1 3/4 to 1 7/8

 

Yep, thats it. Thats what Im running now, and i can see a starter upgrade in the near future..And wasn't for sure if the LT4 starter would fit.

 

i've got mac mids and if i remember correct i had to drop the y-pipe to get it in, and also i had to put a dent in the header because the one bolt that holds the starter together was right against it. hope you dont have to go those lengths

 

I had to drop my MACs as well.

 

Joe, that you? How have you been?

And..thanks for the info.

 

LT4 wouldn't fit with my Jet-hot LT's. Would have required to seriously dent my headers.

 

That is weird. My 94 had Jet Hots and a LT4 starter. No issue whatsoever.

 

I had to drop the y-pipe on a friends car with mac mids.

 

Yep - it's me. Hahah...the one and only.