I think some confusion comes from the fact that many “race” starter wiring techniques are different from factory Chrysler wiring techniques.
A lot of race cars use a Ford style starter solenoid, regardless of starter manufacturer. This allows a single, electrically “dead” heavy cable down to the starter. They do this for safety, and to minimize the required wiring to initiate the starter. To use this system, you simply make a small jumper wire that connects the large terminal on the starter to the small terminal on the starter. The large cable on the starter goes to the remote mounted solenoid into a place of your choosing.
That is dead on correct. I use a Ford type starter solenoid in my trunk since my battery is in my trunk. And I put a small jumper from the starter hot stud to the starter solenoid terminal. I did not want the large battery cable hot all the time and that why I mounted the Ford solenoid in my trunk so the large battery cable is only hot when cranking the eng. I then ran a smaller 8 gauge wire with a fuse link on it to the factory relay for power to the car and charging the battery from the alt. I guess we need to know is the original poster talking about the Mopar starter relay on the firewall or is he using and talking about a Ford style starter solenoid ? Ron
