Ten or fifteen years, give or take a few. There is a known problem with the
field coil winding overheating and yanking it's wire loose. I know Ted
Schumacher's starters no longer do that, but all of these motors are a bit
fragile--way better than stock, but I have lots of pieces of them. Tony Garmey
always keeps a spare or two, I always kept two.
I have to say that I'm searching back in memory to talk about this stuff.
These days I show up, drive the car in practice, tell Tony what I think. Hang
out, take a nap or talk with people knowing my car will be ready and in
tip-top condition. Go out and break my personal lap record.
I'm pretty sure having Horizon Racing do the work is actually cheaper than
doing it all myself. It is certainly an order of magnitude more professional.
Especially if you factor in a F350, a 34' Airstream, a huge house with a 1500
square foot shop under it, and all the specialized equipment I bought over the
years to play with this stuff. I think my Miller Synchrowave Welder would pay
for a good part of a year with Horizon racing. Of course if I didn't have it
how would I melt, distort and otherwise screw up all those pieces of aluminum
and stainless.
Very civilized. And Annie cooks lunch and dinner.
Sheesh.
On Sep 15, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Greg & Alison Blake wrote:
> Interesting. In how long of a period? Do you think it is heat related?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Bill Babcock
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:14 PM
> To: Tim Murphy
> Cc: 'Randall'; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Accusump
>
> Having toasted my fifth or sixth gear reduction starter I would say take it
> easy on it. They aren't cheap.
>
> On Sep 15, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Tim Murphy wrote:
>
>> Our separate ignition switch cuts power to the coil and we have the gear
>> reduction starter which should help.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Babcock [mailto:billb@bnj.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:54 AM
>> To: Tim Murphy
>> Cc: 'Randall'; fot@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Accusump
>>
>> Probably only worthwhile if you pull the plugs first, otherwise you're
>> probably shortening the life of an already overworked starter. Of course
> if
>> you do that make sure you disconnect the power lead to the coil, or you're
>> sending sparks everywhere and shortening the life of an overworked coil,
>> distributor, and plug wires. Then reconnect everything quickly and fire it
>> up. Or flip on the ignition switch with an accusump connected and wait for
>> your oil pressure to peak at 20 pounds and start it while the system is
>> fully pressurized.
>>
>> Hmm, I wonder which is better.
>>
>> On Sep 15, 2010, at 8:17 AM, Tim Murphy wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any advantage to cranking the engine without ignition until the
>> oil
>>> pressure comes up and then flipping the ignition on to fire it? If would
>>> seem the loads on the bearings with just cranking it over would be quite
> a
>>> bit less, and less damaging, than actually firing the engine immediately.
>>>
>>> Tim
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