I am trying to hook up the main battery cable to my solenoid on a 350, and due to the exhaust manifold and exhaust itself, I am having a hard time trying to keep the main cable from hitting the "r" terminal on the solenoid. If I move it away from the "r" terminal, then it is way too close to my exhaust manifold. The battery is trunk mounted and the cable is pretty heavy (2/0, it was free) and running along the frame rail up to the motor. Can somebody give me some suggestions on how to run it up to the solenoid or show me a picture of how you ran yours. Thanks in advance.
You can run your cable to a frame mounted terminal and from that run considerably smaller cable, just so long as it is a short run. Like 18" or so you could drop to a #2 and still have the reliability. Would that help?
Is the terminal able to be bent at a 90% angle? Also put an insulating wrap around the cable to protect it from the exhaust heat
I don't know if it would work, but what about those woven spark plug heat protectors they sell for race cars? Slide it over the cable and secure with stainless clamps maybe Just an idea.
That is what I was thinking, I was just not sure that would work. Should I run it to a Ford style solenoid and then to my starter or what?
You could do that or put a disconnect inline. They both give you the ability to mount the wires off to the starter off the car and connect them to the system after the starter is installed.
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