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RE: Hot Start

To: <wmtsmith@landracing.com>, "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>,
Subject: RE: Hot Start
From: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 23:38:37 -0600
> Do what some  big trucks do-- put the starter system on 24 volts. wmts

Bill:
easy enough to do (although I'll have to make a separate starter circuit &
actuator).  I expect the extra current flow that will result will generate
about twice as much "(I-squared) times R" heating, drastically reducing the
life expectancy of the starter-- but that's racing!
Thanks,
Russ

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