Starter heat shield
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Drifting
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Crownsville Md.
Starter heat shield
Is there a shield or tube that attaches to the starter to
run the wires through so they are not so close to the
manifold? If so does anyone have a picture or a part
# and where to order one.
Shemp
run the wires through so they are not so close to the
manifold? If so does anyone have a picture or a part
# and where to order one.
Shemp
Melting Slicks
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From: Riverhead New York
Shemp, Go online to Long Island Corvette Supply and look it up on their catalog. Also get yourself an Assembly Manual for your car at the NCRS site. LICS catalog as well as others have lots of diagrams of components and the correct assembly of them. Al W.
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Drifting
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Crownsville Md.
I looked in my assembly manual and couldn't find it.
Do you have a pic by any chance, I know if anyone has
a pic it's you.
Thanks for the responses everyone.Shemp
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LI Corvette sells a stock solenoid shield that bolts to the starter brace.
LIC Part # section 21, piece 16. (64-67 327)
Starter brace is piece 15E (64-67 327)
It is also in the AIM for all small blocks.
LIC Part # section 21, piece 16. (64-67 327)
Starter brace is piece 15E (64-67 327)
It is also in the AIM for all small blocks.
Le Mans Master
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It ain't much, but that's what I have on my 65 SB (seems to be a stock piece, as Paul points out) and everything I can do to limit heat soak on the starter is a good thing. (The starter being one of those things that was dying when I acquired my car, dying from the heat, so to speak.)
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St. Jude Donor '06
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If you have the correct starter brace, then the only other part needed is the self tapping screw that holds the top of the shield to the brace. (piece 17 on LIC's picture)
The setup looks very much like the picture MagicV8 put on his post. (his is a very good home made version)
The setup looks very much like the picture MagicV8 put on his post. (his is a very good home made version)
Melting Slicks
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Jose
The shield can be modified to perform some radiant heat shielding by extending it the length of the solenoid and adding some thin foil-faced insulation to the inside. I used a heavy metal-matrix gasket material for the extension, although aluminum would also be OK. Stainless -- typical non-magnetic sheet stock such as type 304 -- is very poor at rejecting heat & would not be a good choice.
The shield can be modified to perform some radiant heat shielding by extending it the length of the solenoid and adding some thin foil-faced insulation to the inside. I used a heavy metal-matrix gasket material for the extension, although aluminum would also be OK. Stainless -- typical non-magnetic sheet stock such as type 304 -- is very poor at rejecting heat & would not be a good choice.
