I finally had a chnace to get back to this. I changed the starter and had the same issues. As a matter of fact, the starter I just put in had worse symptoms since it wasn't a higher torgue stater.

Just to refresh your memeory, the freshly rebuilt street/strip engine turns over fine and runs well when it's cold, but when it reaches operating temp, it turns too slow to start.

BTW, I checked the charging system and it's producing 14.5 volts during idle, so I think it's okay and the battery seems to accept and hold the charge fine.

So I'm thinking about bringing the car to normal operating temp and just backing off the timing until it turns over well. I hate to turn the timng down though since it runs well with the timing advanced.

Question - Would the compression be that much differnt once the engine is warm to make the engine turn harder? If so, then I'm wondering if the engine has more compression than I thought and I should pick up a compression tester to fined out what I have.