Starter motor picture

[R20BTG]

Does anyone have a picture of the starter motor installed with the manifold in place? I’m trying to gauge how much space is around it as I’m looking into heat wraps or shielding (in addition to what’s there already). As you can probably guess I’ve killed another one and I’m looking to engineer some longevity and reliability into the setup

Thanks

 

[EthanMenace]

 

[burrellbloke]

How are you killing starter motors with a heat shield and a heat wrapped manifold?

 

[R20BTG]

I wish I knew the answer. Probably the shitty exposed wires. I’ve got a brand new OEM one waiting to go on, the one that I had fitted last time was a reconditioned Bosch unit

I’m going to try and wrap the unit itself but also see if I can do something to properly thermally insulate the exposed wires.

 

[Tarticmonkey]

Have a look at RS197_NE on insta. They have done a heat shield kind of thing on their starter motor. Might be worth a look.

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[R20BTG]

Thanks, looks like they’re trying to protect the body of the motor rather than the wiring at the end. I think I’ll try and do both.

 

[Tarticmonkey]

Sounds good. Look forward to seeing what you come up with.

 

[LiamP]

You had me concerned and since mine was off I have just tripled it’s value…

 

[R20BTG]

See if you can get some heat protection on the brazed wire connections that’s where they seem to fail

 

[LiamP]

See if you can get some heat protection on the brazed wire connections that’s where they seem to fail

What’s your plan? My concern is creating something that then shorts on the manifold / heat shield, RT125 epoxy is used in harnesses which might be an option to create something that shields and protects

 

[R20BTG]

My plan is to remove the brazing and maybe add some crimped terminals on each end. Drill through the tabs of the motor and create a system where the wire terminals are bolted rather than brazed. Then I plan to wrap the whole length of that wire with heat wrap. Then also wrap the body with a Funk Motorsport wrap.

 

[LiamP]

I have found this where Renault recommend rotating the connector 20 degrees in the R3, hard to visualise but I assume this gives a tiny bit more clearance to the engine.