My cobra has been having issues starting up when fully warmed (ie after driving). If I turn the car off and then immediately try to start it back up the car's starter seems to barey turn (or the battery seems weak enough for an unsucessful start). After I let it sit for a while the car starts up perfectly normal. Early morning starts are even better with a quick turn of the key and the engine fires immedately up. So I want to approach this systematically...
*Battery cables are original..could degraded cables cause this symptom?
*Could the starter being going out. I have short tube headers (not long tubes) and I can't see the heat saturating the starter that much.
*The fuel tables and timing tables I have set in my tuner are "stock" numbers for up to 20% load (ie starting areas).
*Supercharger is on the passenger side away from the starter. It does not give off that much heat anyways.
*I have a 200amp alternator (stock is 130), the cable from the alt. to the motor is stock.
2006-08-21 18:47:15 · 6 answers · asked by cobramanphil 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
This is usually caused by a heat-soak condition
that raises the resistance in the primary starter circuit.
Try to keep heat away w/ shield. Alt. size isn't a factor.
Also, Ford Motorsport folks have a dandy hi-torque
reduction gear type starter for the small and large
block engines and probably the modular engines as well.
They are sold new for what I thought was fairly cheap.
I have one on my 351W and it works great
2006-08-22 04:44:22 · answer #1 · answered by belate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the timing is off. I would check this. I haven't seen cables do this hot, but I not saying it can't. I have seen some strange things.
2006-08-22 16:05:33 · answer #2 · answered by Josh S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its your starter most likely but what year is your cobra and do you think you can beat my Cobra answer my Question its up top my name is svTeam Cobra
2006-08-21 20:43:20 · answer #3 · answered by svTeam Cobra 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is a classic sign of heat soak, the starter gets hot and goes oh no, not now
2006-08-21 18:52:53 · answer #4 · answered by Christian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BAD BATTERY CONNECTIONS ARE THE CAUSE OF MORE THAN 75 % OF ALL STATING AND CHARGING SYSTEMS FAILURES, YES THEY CAN BE THE PROBLEM, BUT HAVE A PRO CHECK IT OUT A GOOD SHOP OR THE DEALER , GOOD QUESTION THO,
2006-08-21 19:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by Mechanical 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starter, been there
2006-08-21 19:52:15 · answer #6 · answered by want2wild 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋