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06-16-2003, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Yorkshire, England,
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Starter motor heat soak
Hi guys.
After fitting Tremec with new starter I am now experiencing the problem of heat Soak. When hot, starter motor will not even actuate until it cools down. I fitted themal shielding directly around the motors body, but I think this may have made it worse as on a long run, it is probably keeping the heat in, or thats my guess.
There is not enough room between the headers and the starter to get a heat shield with an air gap so I am thinking do I need a mini high torque starter.
Do they work, anybody got any experience that has had this problem. Also is it possible to change the orientation of the solenoid.
Any help would be very welcome.
Thanks.
Mike.
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06-16-2003, 01:00 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Woodbury,
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP/427co
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Had the same problem with a small block chevy and headers....
The mini starter AND a heat shield worked perfect for me back then..
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06-16-2003, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
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I use a ford starter solenoid and bypass the one on the starter on my chevy due to that. Connect the lug on the top of the chevy solenoid to the battery cable lug (where you short the circuit with a screwdriver to start it up during hot start) run the wire that used to trigger the chevy solenoid to the ford solenoid, and interrupt the battery cable with the ford solenoid. People sell kits to do this exact thing.
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06-16-2003, 02:06 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Castalia,
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Cobra Make, Engine: EM cobra, 450 inch sbc running a best ET of 9.14..so far..ALL MOTOR...approx 800 horse.............ERA with 482 FE..All Aluminum Engine
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Summit sells a bypass kit such as fixit mentioned that will take care of all your heat soak problems....I've used it and never had a problem after.....price around 25.00
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06-16-2003, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Washington DC Metro (Virginia),
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters, Tweaked 351W, T-5Z, CRII Tech Support Team.
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Shame on you for putting a Chevy engine in a Cobra.
You didn't put a "Powered by Ford" sticker on the side of your car, did you!? This is Blasphemy! You can be drawn, and quartered for this.
Somebody...give this guy a real Ford engine for his Cobra.
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06-16-2003, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Dalton,
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Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast 460, Performer Cam & Intake, Edelbrock 750cfm Carb
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Used a mini starter on my 460. No Shield. Starts just fine, now.
Cut the man some slack, Jack.
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06-17-2003, 01:04 AM
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Location: Yorkshire, England,
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Thanks guys
Fantastic response as always. I will get a mini starter.
Mike
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06-17-2003, 04:12 AM
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Location: Cape Coral,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 2009 Solbra
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I have a high torque mini starter on my BIG BLOCK Chevy engine and now it starts everytime. No heat shield because as you said it helps hold the heat in.
Dan
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