[urq] Hot Start/Thermal wrap

[DGraber460 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/7/2005 8:48:06 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
andrew.sb at gmail.com writes:

Just  removed my downpipe...well, as much as I can with everything
still in the  car.  I'm having fairly regular hot start problems.  When
it's  hot outside, and I drive hard or in stop and go, the car won't
turn  over.  With a jump, it starts fine.  Thanks to  somebody's
suggestion, I'm assuming that it's the starter absorbing  heat...so I
figured I would wrap the exhaust with one of those thermal  wraps to
help keep temperatures down, and maybe vent the hood, but that's  way
off in the future.

Anyways, I can't quite get the DP all the way  out of the car.  Being
that it was night, I was alone, and I don't  really know what I'm
doing, I left it halfway out.  Should I wrap it  as far as I can? 
It'll cover the portion nearest the starter, but not all  the way up to
the turbo.  Should I continue to try and remove the pipe  so that I can
wrap the whole thing?  Will it matter?  Will it  work?

Thanks in advance,
-Andrew


I had the same problem with my car for years. Things I tried;
 
I had the starter rebuilt twice
Used 2 other starters
Installed a push button starter switch (bypassing the ignition switch  giving 
full load to the starter)
Relayed the starter
Insulated the starter using 2 different methods
Vented the hood
 
On a 99 degree day on hot asphalt it would still occasionally refuse  to 
crank until it sat with the hood up for about 5-10 minutes. I did have  better 
luck using the smaller diameter starter from a 200 20V car. It seemed to  let 
more air around the starter itself allowing better cooling than the original  
larger diameter unit. Do you still have the original metal heat shield in  place?
I'm not sure what else one could do, but I hope you have some  success.
HTH 

 
Dennis
Denver