The Coronet has had hot start issues for the three years it's been back on the road. At operating temps when the engine's turned off, trying to restart it's like having a dead battery. Gasing up is an adventure - have to open the hood while refueling and take my time, wash the windows, etc. After 5 - 6 minutes the starter will turn over so I've never been stuck for an extended period.
Battery is in the trunk with 1/0 cable going directly to the starter, wrapped in heat shield the last 2'. The brown solenoid wire is original but in good shape, routed away from the headers.
Currently using a DEI starter blanket but a lot of guys believe it could be causing heat soak rather than preventing it. So I'm fabbing up a starter heat shield from 26 ga mild steel. I started with the cardboard template and transferred it to the metal. The hole in the upper right runs a bolt that screws into an unused threaded hole in the bellhousing adjacent to the starter (possibly abandoned when converted from factory bell crank to Lokar kickdown cable). The lower left flap needs a 90* bend to go underneath the starter.
The problem is that the mild steel isn't as pliable as the cardboard and there is no room between the headers, trans cooler lines, starter, etc.
Any members that have installed a heat shield, can you give me ideas or pics on how you made it work. Thanks.
Battery is in the trunk with 1/0 cable going directly to the starter, wrapped in heat shield the last 2'. The brown solenoid wire is original but in good shape, routed away from the headers.
Currently using a DEI starter blanket but a lot of guys believe it could be causing heat soak rather than preventing it. So I'm fabbing up a starter heat shield from 26 ga mild steel. I started with the cardboard template and transferred it to the metal. The hole in the upper right runs a bolt that screws into an unused threaded hole in the bellhousing adjacent to the starter (possibly abandoned when converted from factory bell crank to Lokar kickdown cable). The lower left flap needs a 90* bend to go underneath the starter.
The problem is that the mild steel isn't as pliable as the cardboard and there is no room between the headers, trans cooler lines, starter, etc.
Any members that have installed a heat shield, can you give me ideas or pics on how you made it work. Thanks.