[wrench87]

rick , you are correct the guy i talked to is wrong they want .400 to .500 engagement the ring is gear is only .385 so you are right it should have full engagement. i really do not want to cut the block plate because the face of the bellhousing is not prefect. i am going to try the other route and macnine the indexing plate. i found out from another forum member that my crank hub is 1/8 longer then stock, my block plate is .120 so your idea would work but you would not have that precision hole to line up the starter and it would just sit on the bellhousing. i also found out my starter drive gear at rest is 7/16 and a factory starter is 3/4 so a factory starter would also work i would rather run a mini? i am torn because i dont know if you can buy a block plate for the quicktime, and i want to see if i could buy a new indexing plate from cvr.