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The bellhousing will work but the starter will not. It will need to be changed out for a RobMc starter or a factory Hemi direct drive. The common starter will not clear the exhaust, that is why the factory used the weird starter.

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The bellhousing will work but the starter will not. It will need to be changed out for a RobMc starter or a factory Hemi direct drive. The common starter will not clear the exhaust, that is why the factory used the weird starter.

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direct drive starter will not bolt to the bellhousing he has .

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If it came off of the 383 it will work with any of the gear reduction starters. You'll probably want a mini for more clearence.

The flywheel must be an 11" 143(memory lapse?) for this to work. Since your in there, I'd swap it for a steel unit instead of the stock cast iron one. The hemi flywheel for the direct starter is 171 (another memory laps?).

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If you are thinking of using the 383/440 flywheel, think again. hemi's have 8 bolt flanges vs 6 bolt and use 1/2" bolts instead of 7/16.

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unless your Hemi was built with a 440 crank,(someone would have to do this on purpose and it would create balance problems) the Hemi should have the 8 bolt flange. They will not interchange.
Here is a pic of the 383 bellhousing with Hemi Manifolds and Rob Mc starter.
The factory gear reduction or mini starter will not clear.
If you use the 10 1/2 inch aluminum bellhousing, set up as mentioned you will be able to use common starter and 70-71 Hemi Flywheel.

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If you are thinking of using the 383/440 flywheel, think again. hemi's have 8 bolt flanges vs 6 bolt and use 1/2" bolts instead of 7/16.

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All street hemi engines backed by an automatic used the gear reduction starter and its in the same location as the manual, why are you saying it won't clear the exhaust?

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I have never compared but I guess the ring gear on a TC is the same size as the 130 tooth flywheel ? I didn't know that the stock gear reduction or the mini wouldn't fit till I was chastised by someone on this board about it ...

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Just curious but why would I get a new flywheel? I know the steel one is stronger but I won't be doing anything more than smoking the tires now and again. At least that's my intention. Likewise with the idea of a scattershield, I don't think the engine will go above 6000 rpm so it didn't seem to me that it would be that big of an issue. Am I wrong?

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I thought the 69 383 and 440 used a normal Chrysler starter? The 66-69 manual Hemi is different but I thought the 383's and 440's were normal.
I think at this point you should mock it up with all your 383 stuff on the garage floor and see if the starter clears the exhaust manifolds or headers you have.
As usual on Moparts there are 30 different opinions some wrong, some right.

Sheldon

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The 383 /440 stuff all works fine until you add the Hemi exhaust, and then you got problems. I did this exact swap on my project and thought I had saved tall dollars on a direct drive starter until I put the manifolds on, then Uth OH.. it dont fit, not even close.
And yes the Automatic bellhousing is smaller, like the 10 1/2 inch manual trans sizes and the normal starter will work then..

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I have just tried to test fit the headers to the engine with the bellhousing and a RobMc starter installed and it didn't fit. The headers are TTI which everyone says fit like a glove. One of the header tubes is hitting on the starter motor body which is much smaller than the standard starter. I don't know what to do next. I was sure everything would fit together. The bellhousing is the one stated above for an 11" clutch and 143 tooth flywheel. I don't want to ding up those headers if I can avoid it. Man am I frustrated right now. HELP!!!!

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