Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

Those stacked Y-block inlet ports are intriguing. I'm guessing the lower inlet port flow is inferior to the upper one for of flow etc. Is this correct? What can be done to equalise the flow and the flow quality between the different geometry ports?

How could a L/R shift be achieved?

Gruntguru

Please elaborate on how to achieve COG shift by moving the wheels "by a much smaller distance". It sounds interesting.

Yeah, but its got a 126dB fratzonig exhaust. Wow. Just so fake. It is going to be annoying when your standard small weenie get's one of these things and goes around the neighbourhood making 126dB of fake-zonig exhaust sounds. Why does Dodge engage in such nonsense? Does Dodge think its customers are...

Quoting, "Does anyone need to get 60 in 2.9 seconds?"

I don't. I need to get to 60 in 1.9 secs, preferably a little less.

Those pictures of the state of the air in Chinese cities are shocking. They'll need to start fitting their coal-fired power stations and industry with precipitators and decent bag houses to capture all that stuff so it doesn't get liberated to atmosphere. That and start going nuclear in a big way. G...

How much heavier is the tall deck block than the regular deck block?

Well that is interesting. Does anyone have data from the rest of the manufacturers? Looking at the OHV wedge engines, what are the valve angles for Chrysler's engines (de Soto, Plymouth, Dodge, etc.), Ford's engines (Lincoln, Mercury, etc.), Packard, Studebaker and the others?

Thanks Kevin.

Buick = 15 degrees.

OK. So we have Chevrolet small block (original/standard form) at 23 degrees. Oldsmobile is a confirmed 6 degrees. Pontiac was 17 degrees originally but then they went over to 14 degrees after 1966. Apart from their race engines at 10 degrees I am uncertain what the Buick engines were. I've searched ...

I am interested in getting hold of some information pertaining to the Pontiac, Buick and Oldsmobile "big block" wedge engines. My understanding is that these engines had all their valves in-line and parallel, just as a small block Chevrolet engine does. I have been trying to find out what ...

Michael

Nice!

Brian P Yes, I got a look. I didn't realise that this had been used by Honda. Interesting set up. Ah, "the Honda way"! There is another system I came across which is kinda de Dion. The Alfa Romeo 8C had a solid beam axle rear suspension. There was a twist* to it though. The differential wa...

pdq67 Tiller steering! That is neat! I went off and did a patent search after reading your email and viewing some of the leads in yuor link. There are actually quite a few tiller mechanisms for cars. An interesting one is Lanchester's patent. It is a tiller steer which even has Ackerman geometry bui...

Brian There is a Honda HRV not far from here. A neighbour's wife (I think) has it. I ought to go over & ask if I can have a look. Was Honda's objective with the 4wd in that car to deliver benefits in low traction conditions? Was that the idea or was it for reducing understeer or addressing some ...