Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

I did put a description of the block in the question. I've had my fill of flat tappets cams and lifters problems Where we are at we have lots of older cars,, doing a 230 dodge and 331 Cadillac right now. Back in the early 2000s I fixed at least 50 engines under warranties before anybody knew about t...

I guess I won't be a smart ass so I got the spelling wrong would have been nice to just answer the question this is for a stock replacement roller cam going in an older car for no problems with a flat tappet and I do know about billet cams and I didn't want to wait 30 minutes on the phone for some d...

Doing a late model small block roller block with the fuel pump hole from the factory putting together the short block to be used in a 1958 chevy restoration I need to know if all the Sada roller cams with the step on the front of the cam have the fuel pump lobe on the cam??? thanks for any help on t...

Looks like special grind cam from comp cams top numbers are lobe numbers hr is hyd roller on112 c/l the a number should tell you from comp who they made the cam for
just had 1 for a l/s marked like that

isn't that a reverse cooling engine???

Kliner were the best, I have used classic liners that EPWI was selling and now only can get the rapid liner I haven't have any problems other then the occasional miss boxed single or so The liners have a specific wall thickness and only be crushed so far before they work harden,, I have never had a ...

just got some ls rods about a month ago from SCAT,, packing is a little different same big box white boxes containing rods ,, rods in clear plastic bags and sealed up with some clear fluid lite oil inside,, the rods don't look as nice as the older SCAT rods did and the finish shot penning color was ...

Got a new crank from the dealer for a 428i,, Mains are on size rods have almost .001 taper from front to rear great German engineering Used to be able to trust most of the stuff from the dealers but no more,, Also got 2 brand new cranks for a Chevy Cruze 1.4 1st one would turn fine IF you left the t...

SBI on line catalog shows 2 4.1 Perkins engines 5 different valves all are 45 degrees

epwi in phoenix has 8 of 172 and 6 of 173

Looking at pictures of the flywheel and damper both show external weight on the damper and 4 large holes on the flywheel,, Like when you balance a flywheel to convert to a external balance flywheel,, drill opposite of where you need the weight,, I'm thinking that there's not enough counter weigh on ...

ok thanks they all ready have the engine out thanks again

I got a customer that's bought an exchange Kubota D1703 well it vibrates badly,, looks that it has the right counter balanced flywheel and damper, the rebuilder doesn't seem to want to do anything about it, so the customer want's me to teardown and balance the assembly,, I have tried to explain that...

Did it with air cooled vw's in the 70's with dean lowery, gained 3 hp on his dyno and a lot of noise with quiet exhaust , Race pistons have centered pins and you get piston slap but you don't hear it with open headers with stock exhaust if you put more clearance on the bore then the piston manufactu...

Kanter has their brand of pistons (rebuilders choice) In the last couple of years I've gotten at least 10 or more kits from them,, 161 Willis flat head a couple of Studebakers a 331 Cadillac and some other's,, The rebuilders choice pistons are as nice as some of egge's and I use both with no problem...