RestroCreations For ERA cars the Starter soleniod goes above the right valve cover on the fire wall. The voltage regulator is on the top of the l/s pedal box. Puke tank should go on the side where the little outlet is from the fill area. I have mine on the l/s of the car inside the fender above the heat shields for the headers.
Yes mini starters come with soleniod internally there. It's not a good idea to NOT have either a heavy duty relay or a second soleniod for the stater curcuit. The same reason we have relays for coolant fans, head lights, blower fans, and other curcuits. There is a heavy ampage to run these curcuit. There is alot higher ampage to start one of these curcuits. A coolant fan may use 12-15 amps in high speed with continious running. Turn this fan motor on will spike the ampage to 35-50 amps. This is what burns out the ign switch if you run direct power from switch to soleniod. Soleniod can handle the ampage. Look at the battery "CABLES" and size. Now look at the starter wire. Most cars sold today run mini starter, and they also have relays to start them with a 30-40 amp load rating.
Rick L. Ps is it worth carrying an extra 1/2 pound to protect the wiring harness??? Nothing like a good harness fire to make a person cry
