GT350 won’t start after track and Split Splitter

[Voodoo Stoned]

Hi all! Just wrapped up a great day at Auto Club Speedway, and in the garage two things occurred/noticed. One, After packing up for the day, the car wouldn’t start. This was after a very hot day. It wasn’t the battery because the electric would turn on (radio on, etc.) but the motor wouldn’t crank. After hunting around it seemed the culprit was a loose connector going into the starter (I think), and there seemed to be a connector which looked loose going into the alternator. It was on the right hand side of the engine, in the space almost directly under the back bottom of the airbox. After letting the engine cool and pushing the connector in a little, the car turned over but it was stumbled slightly before finally cranking over. Anyone had experience with this?

Second, has anyone split their R front splitter horizontally? Thinking about OEM replacements is not fun.

 

[Egparson202]

Hi all! Just wrapped up a great day at Auto Club Speedway, and in the garage two things occurred/noticed. One, After packing up for the day, the car wouldn’t start. This was after a very hot day. It wasn’t the battery because the electric would turn on (radio on, etc.) but the motor wouldn’t crank. After hunting around it seemed the culprit was a loose connector going into the starter (I think), and there seemed to be a connector which looked loose going into the alternator. It was on the right hand side of the engine, in the space almost directly under the back bottom of the airbox. After letting the engine cool and pushing the connector in a little, the car turned over but it was stumbled slightly before finally cranking over. Anyone had experience with this?

Second, has anyone split their R front splitter horizontally? Thinking about OEM replacements is not fun.

I’ve had mine be slow to fire when I’ve tried to restart it without much cool down after a session. Was it not turning over? Or slow to fire? Had it had time to cool off with hood open etc?

 

[Voodoo Stoned]

I’ve had mine be slow to fire when I’ve tried to restart it without much cool down after a session. Was it not turning over? Or slow to fire? Had it had time to cool off with hood open etc?
l had a little time to cool with the hood open. Wouldn’t turn over, then after it cooled a little a weak start but fired, and after that no issues so far. Starter solenoid seems to be the culprit.

 

[Egparson202]

Happy ending

 

[Voodoo Stoned]

Happy ending

Fortunately so - I’m swapping out the starter and adding a heat shield to avoid the problem to begin with.

 

[Egparson202]

Sounds smart. I’d love to know more about the heat shield.

 

[Voodoo Stoned]

Sounds smart. I’d love to know more about the heat shield.

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