[Interceptor]

All good suggestions. Remember that the condition is only when the engine is HOT and then been standing a couple of minutes. If I cool it off for 15-20 minutes away she goes.. Sounds like standard starter heat soak. My starter guy (who sold it to me rebuilt, that's his Business) says the starter itself tests out 100%.

So, must be the heat. Millions of guys have headers next to their starter and make out fine, so why is this one acting up ... ONLY since installing EFI? Makes no sense.

I'm thinking of changing to RARE manifolds anyways for ground clearance, but I ran across a set of Tribal Tubes locally and was considering them. LOVE the sound of headers! However, don't want to bite that bullet only to find that header-caused heat soak is the issue.