[CamaroCracka]

Originally Posted by SlimeV8

Yeah after reading through some forums I decided to wire brush all of my grounds. So yesterday I hit the pigtail really good as well as its ground points. Also hit my battery ground really good too. There was quite a bit of leaves and debris but nothing super crazy. . Have yet to test it out but I feel like it may not solve the problem. We’ll see.

I've not run into the issue with the vert and it's a cammed 416 with headers. The turbo car gets so hot on the passenger side it melts wire loom, so I was not shocked when I got hot start problems. I found some high temp woven wire loom so I did not have to replace the loom every time I messed with the wiring, but that is another thread.

The first thing I did was add a ground cable from the bell housing to the frame, but that did not solve it so I kept going. I ground the paint off where the cable attaches to the body in the trunk, put the cable back and then hit it with some clear. I did the same thing where the ground goes from the engine to the body on the passenger side of the engine compartment. Then, I took apart the positive post in the engine compartment and wire brushed those ends before putting it back together. It is difficult to get that bolt good and tight given the how much that bracket wants to move. The problem with bypassing those connections at the post is ensuring a safe clean connection. The thread I saw on it used a 0ga jumper and clamps like you use for the earth bond ground for your house. IMO to correctly bypass that connection, you should run a new positive from the trunk and figure out a way to tie the other wires in.

You could try a butt connector like below, but I would put two or three layers of heat shrink over that (maybe a piece of plastic tubing) and make sure it could not move. Remember if that thing rubs through to ground it could burn your car down.

https://www.amazon.com/Splice-Connec...22&sr=8-3&th=1

Under the simple things first topic, make sure those crappy connectors everyone uses on batteries these days are getting a good connection. First time I looked at the vert battery, the negative was corroded which surprised me since the thing is out of the elements.