Spent the weekend at Roebling Road for a NASA DE...the last session of the day the car popped off an intercooler coupling, so I cruised off track, only to find the car wouldnt start afterwards. We loaded the car on the trailer an came home.

This morning I put the hose back on, and when I try to crank the car you can hear the starter solenoid click, but nothing past that. The battery voltage is around 12.6/7, so I figure the battery is probably alright. We pulled the plugs out, and all four looked good.

Im wondering if maybe the starter overheated and locked up? Anyone else ever have a similar experience?

 

no track junkies???

 

jump it, if it doesnt start then the starter is shot

 

^ Exactly. You could always push it and dump the clutch to get it to start.

A starter going out isn't due to a track day. It is what it is. Fix it.

 

I had the same thing happen to me, but instead it was just from me daily driving it. I jacked the car up and took the starter out and noticed that a bolt had fallen in the little ground shield between the shield and starter and it got jammed in there, so it created a short on my starter, thus, my starter didn't want to start, so I just took the bolt out, and it worked fine! So take out your starter and look for any burn marks or any shorts...

 

first off, you're running with nasa, thats your problem. j/k

can't say ive had that happen though, blown more than my fair share of IC pipes/fittings though.