[GlennCMC70]

Anyone use something like this between your battery and main battery cable?
I'm sure 150 amps is not enough for a starter motor..... or is it?

http://www.amazon.com/Bussmann-Hi-Amp-Circ...s/dp/B0024JOKM4

I also thought these were interesting too.
http://compare.ebay.com/like/370336644693?...4=263602_309572

[trackbird]

The dyno sheet where MSD tested my MSD mini starter shows that it stalled the starter at (as I remember), 28 NM of torque and 610 amps of current draw. Just adding a data point. I suspect it will draw 100+ (and maybe 250+ in operation), but that is just a guess.

[Mojave]

The dyno sheet where MSD tested my MSD mini starter shows that it stalled the starter at (as I remember), 28 NM of torque and 610 amps of current draw. Just adding a data point. I suspect it will draw 100+ (and maybe 250+ in operation), but that is just a guess.

There is no such this as a quick blow fuse in the 250 amp range, so even if the starter very briefly draws more, the fuse won't blow.

[trackbird]

The dyno sheet where MSD tested my MSD mini starter shows that it stalled the starter at (as I remember), 28 NM of torque and 610 amps of current draw. Just adding a data point. I suspect it will draw 100+ (and maybe 250+ in operation), but that is just a guess.

There is no such this as a quick blow fuse in the 250 amp range, so even if the starter very briefly draws more, the fuse won't blow.

Agreed. Most of the 250 amp fuses will handle 200% for 5 seconds (500 amps). Only if you were to wind up "cranking the crap out of it" due to a no start condition could I ever see you hitting the "duty cycle" and blowing that fuse. I just made the hot lead super short to the solenoid and skipped the fuse. The wire simply isn't hot when it's not cranking. I won't get so much as a spark if that wire grounds out (nice if there was a fuel leak in that crash that had to happen to short the wire in the first place).

How far do we go indeed....