hello mister,i have also a lot of heat at the headers and my
double stainless steel exhaust,my stock starter have not enough
clearence,,so i have used THE HIGH TORQUE MINI STARTER THEY
WORK WELL WITH HEADERS,AS THEY PROVIDE CLEARENCE,PLUS
THEY CAN BE INDEX ROTATED TO ANY POSITION,TRY TO FIND ONE
FOR A 390CI V8 AS THEY FIT THE 200CI.
i have only the problem that my bellhouse got 2 holes for bolt
on the starter ,so we have made a custom adapter.
type starter

owermaster 9103
powermax 160 ft-lb
SB ford.
the old stock starter.
the new one.
greetz,,JD watch more photo's on my topic: new triple carb.200cui.