Turns over slowly hot / hard to start.

[enyawix]

Car turns over slowly when hot, making it hard to start. but is very easy to start when cold. Any ideas ?

 

[HISSIN50]

A bad power ground or a heat soak issue with the starter are places I'd start.

Good luck.

 

[89whitemule]

check you're ground cable

 

[enyawix]

whould my ground not be bad cold?

 

[bt15]

Same Problem - Fixed

So, first I replaced the starter on my 85, but that didn't help. What fixed it was replacing my starter power cable with a good quality 2 gauge cable - starts better than new now, hot or cold with 11:1 compression and the stock starter (not a mini).

 

[wickdnotch]

whats your timing set at how big is your battery?

 

[enyawix]

whats your timing set at how big is your battery?

timing is 13 battery is size 65

 

[RYC CUKR]

As other have stated it sounds like a cable, ground or heat soak issue. So go through and check the grounds, make sure they are tight, the cables aren't frayed and there isn't any corrosion on the connections. If the problem persists I would replace the starter cable. It is probably the original and could stand to be replaced, unless it was recently done. The last problem would be a heat soaked starter. Basically once the starter gets hot the resistance in the windings increases and causes the starter to turn slow. I had a problem similar to your with an old Challenger and it turned out to be a heat soaked starter. Of course the combo of LTs and a stock syle starter was the cause but I was to cheap to buy one of the mini high torque starter so I ended up swapping starter about every 3 months.

 

[wickdnotch]

My is hard to start when its hot because my battery is to small and my timing is set at 18