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Are ford starters prone to heat soak issues?
 

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The earlier aero fox ones with aftermarket headers can be. Ford went with a smaller starter in about 92 or so.

An aftermarket or 94-95 starter is a nice upgrade if your starter is long in the tooth.

Good luck.
 

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What kind of problem are you having?
 

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all starters can get like that with exhaust right next to it.
 

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I had a heat soak issue on my 88 when I had that stock starter. If I drove around for a while and then shut my car off it would have a real hard time cranking up again. It almost seemed like the battery was dead. But if i let the car cool down, it was fine. Replaced it with a high torque mini starter and the problems went away.
 

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Are you running long-tube headers? If so, then "yes".
 
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