My coupe has a modified 347 (10.5:1 Cr) with 4 webers. The battery is in front grounded to the frame and I also have a ground wire from the starter to the frame. When I first installed it I used a rebuilt stock Ford starter. Worked fine untill I noticed that when I tried to restart it within a couple of munites after turning it off is would turn over real slow, but would start after several grunts. Figured it was time to buy a hi-torque mini started.
Installed the mini starter and it worked fine for a while, then again it started cranking slowly when trying to start hot. Cleaned all the connections and again this seamed to help for a while.
I then searched the FFR web site for "Hard Starting" and found a lot of suggestions to fix my problem: Mini starter -- have already, Heat Blanket -- don't want. Then I found two fellows that said changing all the battery cables from the #4 that FFR suplied to #2 cables, which are bigger, would help. After spending about $35 for new cables a connectors I installed them.
I noticed right away that the starter was turning faster even when cold. After my first outing, when I returned home and shut the engine off, waited a munite and tried to restart. It turned over as fast as when it was cold! PROBLEM SOLVED!!
I hope this will help anyone else with this problem. Bill
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Hotrod Bill \'32 Ford 3W Cp w/289-V8 & 3 Holley 2 bl carbs \'65 Falcon HT w/250-6 & 3-Webers FFR Type 65 Coupe #345, 347 w/Webers
I've been preaching the #2 battery cable sermon for years (although some members of the congregation insist on spending 2 to 3 times the money for a mini starter instead)
I'm going to start my electrical in the next couple of weeks and since
I have a trunk mounted battery will run #2 welding leads from the battery to the starter.
Paul
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Hi,
The large battery cable is a must but timing is more critical.
If you have a little too much initial timing' the engine will have too much 'cranking compression', different from 'static compression', and be hard to start.
On high compression engines you would put a power toggle switch switch in the distributors + wire, turn the starter on, cranking the engine then turn on the power lead and the engine fires easily.
It also doubles as a anti theft switch.
Perry.
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Twin Turbos are installed:) HP=ALOT + 60% more.
Hi,
The large battery cable is a must but timing is more critical.
If you have a little too much initial timing' the engine will have too much 'cranking compression', different from 'static compression', and be hard to start.
On high compression engines you would put a power toggle switch switch in the distributors + wire, turn the starter on, cranking the engine then turn on the power lead and the engine fires easily.
It also doubles as a anti theft switch.
Perry.
Good idea, but what about the guys like myself that are using an EFI/EDIS coil pack ignition? I guess there must be a way to do this. Guess I need to study my wiring diagram a little more.
For anti thief I'm planning on using a remote controlled relay to kill power to the ECM while keeping power to the KAM.
Paul
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FFR 4859GT 414W, Tremec TKO 5spd. IRS w/3.55 and Torsen diff. 13" dual-piston front & 12" rear disc brakes. 03 Cobra wheels, 275/40 & 315/35 tires. Possibly the only person in the world that is currently building a Spyder GT.
"A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'"
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