[lil hoodlum]

I'm in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. With my previous motor, 1974 350 stock block and heads, I had an aluminum Edelbrock intake manifold and carburaretor. I had hard starts too after driving and shutting off motor, say like running into a store or gassing up. I had to crank it, crank it, and crank it to start the motor. I installed a 1/2 inch plastic spacer and no more hard starts after driving.

With my current motor, 1968 327 with stock intake and quadrajet carburetor, I don't have any issues with hard starting hot issues. My stock intake manifold does have the oil splash pan thingy under the intake manifold though.