Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

Thanks guys. I have been thinking of steppin out or at least doing more on my own. Looks like thats the deal. Start doing more side jobs , start my own deal or just buy his an put my name on the door. lol

Over the yaers I have work hard at getting better at what I do an listen to everyone an use what I feel best works for me. I have work on high level drag race engine in a different area than home because no one around here does this. So now I'm back home an working for a guy that has his own shop bu...

Looking for input on Darts bushing used on Big M blocks ( STD CAM LOC ) to work with 60 mm cam cores. I had a block up graded with these an was not sure of the oiling of the lifter. Has anyone had any issues with this.

I tried this in another section and no response so lets see what this does.

Looking for suggestions on running a vac pump on a 355 street stock motor. What type of pump should I use. Thinking of a moroso 3 vane but not sure if it would last. Some sugested a Daily pump but boy are they expensive.

I think the one thing everone seems to miss or forget is the fact that were all trying to make a perfect seal or should be when it comes to rings and cylinder walls. Agreed ? A ring is gapped according to the enviroment it is in. Another words the hotter the cylinder temp is the more gap we give it ...

I agree with Mad Bill. Question I have is , was this honed with torgue plates and was a water pump installed at the same time. When I first started in the trade a customer would bring amc motors for us to hone for him. He always made us install the pump because it was suppose to distort the cylinder...

Total Seal , gapless top , napier second and if your running a vac pump use a low tension oil.

How much vac are guys running on a dirt street stock vac pump.
Looking to run a 3 vane moroso pump and I'm thinking a max of 12 inches on a 355 should be good. Yes ?

Who said that was the cause of failure. I've put dozen's of these in 632's and never had one break like that or because of cam clearencing. What is this rod out of and what was the application ? I hope your not making assumptions.

So in order to make the power it tells you , you need to use the suggested cam specs ?

Looking for advice and opinions on differnt systems. Looking for one for a small tire manual trans drag car. No consern on rules just accuracy.

What heads is ther ging to any type of power adder. What rocker ratio.

I hope who ever ground the cam did it for that (.937) lifter . A larger wheel goes along for the ride alot easier then a smaller one. I would talk to your cam guy an ask what they think or what it was ground for , i hope this was dicussed before anything was ground.

Why not cut the spring pockets deeper ? I would want .060 lip min holding the spring.

I would first start off by getting rid of the team G and using something like an edelbroke super vic. Your headed in the right direction as far as head choice goes but i would like a little more info like vehicle weight ,max rpm any nos etc.