The starter just sits there and cooks now that the exhaust is a bit closer to the starter. (I guess)
Brian Zack '70 Chevelle Malibu mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: J. Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] headers and heat shields I find this whole issue fascinating actually- how does the heat actually destroy the starter, when it does nothing but sit there? Does it damage the solenoid? Never thought heat would do that. Jim '66 Malibu '59 Corvette Project http://webpages.comcast.net/jbiii/ --- Brian Zack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wore out my starter using headers and no heat > shield. I put on a heat > shield when I replaced the starter and so far, no > problems. I figure it > can't do anything but help the situation as far as > helping to preserve > the starter. > > Brian Zack > '70 Chevelle Malibu > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: J. Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Chevelle-list] headers and heat shields > > A question to the fellow header-users out there... > > Is it pretty much a rule of thumb to have to use a > starter heat shield if you have headers? I keep > having problems starting my motor after it's been > run > for a while, but if I give it a few hours and fires > right up. I'm pretty certain that it's the starter > getting hot, but this is my first time having > headers > on an SBC and wondered if it was a common problem. > > Thanks, > > Jim > '66 Malibu > '59 Corvette Project > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jbiii/ > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Chevelle-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://chevelles.net/mailman/listinfo/chevelle-list_chevelles.net > > _______________________________________________ > Chevelle-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://chevelles.net/mailman/listinfo/chevelle-list_chevelles.net __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Chevelle-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://chevelles.net/mailman/listinfo/chevelle-list_chevelles.net _______________________________________________ Chevelle-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://chevelles.net/mailman/listinfo/chevelle-list_chevelles.net
