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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:42 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Hydraulic roller lifters for Pontiac... Hydraulic Cartridge Technology
- Replies: 4
- Views: 104
Re: Hydraulic roller lifters for Pontiac... Hydraulic Cartridge Technology
I was going to go with the usual Morel 5884 and grind a slot for full time oiling to the band, and then my customer tells me he wants to run a set of Comp 85701-16 lifters with this new HCT technology. Can anyone please enlighten me here as to what this HCT is all about? I would use what that custo...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:32 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Ford Cleveland NASCAR cylinder heads
- Replies: 15
- Views: 881
Re: Ford Cleveland NASCAR cylinder heads
So they must have taken a different block, cam etc? Tom NO, not the block ... used a Cleveland block or Ford race block but, they were E I I E E I I E port layout, like a Chevrolet, with a dedicated intake manifold, cam core and valve covers; needing custom headers. . I would prefer to say it was l...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:14 am
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Ford Cleveland NASCAR cylinder heads
- Replies: 15
- Views: 881
Re: Ford Cleveland NASCAR cylinder heads
So they must have taken a different block, cam etc? Tom NO, not the block ... used a Cleveland block or Ford race block but, they were E I I E E I I E port layout, like a Chevrolet, with a dedicated intake manifold, cam core and valve covers; needing custom headers. I do have all the Ford Performan...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Ford Cleveland NASCAR cylinder heads
- Replies: 15
- Views: 881
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Ford Cleveland NASCAR cylinder heads
- Replies: 15
- Views: 881
Re: Ford Cleveland NASCAR cylinder heads
I understand that during the 1990s Junior Johnson was involved in the development of a set of cylinder heads for the Cleveland engine for NASCAR application. They were unusual in that they featured straight inlet ports with the pushrods going through them (in somewhat analogous fashion to the famou...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Another reason not to buy Speedmaster shit
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3361
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:27 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Cooling tricks with iron headed hot rods?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1817
Re: Cooling tricks with iron headed hot rods?
Cooler intake air temp is crucial for squelching detonation; even at under 200 degrees water.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: tunnel ram carb talk
- Replies: 22
- Views: 897
Re: tunnel ram carb talk
Welcome to sloth talk, Home of the 5/64 ring iron headed 1957 tech. Here we will beat to death 1.94 or 2.02 valves. Highly discuss my 2" flow master ex, is it too much ? Oh hell yes! Where the whole board reads articles all day and hashes out what they haven't tried but are some how deemed exp...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Another reason not to buy Speedmaster shit
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3361
Re: Another reason not to buy Speedmaster shit
SUMMIT did exactly that; they won't deal any Speedmaster parts anymore.Walter R. Malik wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:44 am If Summit had any integrity they would pull ALL the Speedmaster stuff off their shelves and never sell any of the Speedmaster stuff again.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Another reason not to buy Speedmaster shit
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3361
Re: Another reason not to buy Speedmaster shit
Speedmaster is a POS company. Summit Is verging on it as well, selling this shit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dsHrSq8pso There will always be people who COPY someone else's successful part but, to actually put the originator's name on it and try to pass it off as the real thing, is just "...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Another reason not to buy Speedmaster shit
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3361
Re: Another reason not to buy Speedmaster shit
If Summit had any integrity they would pull ALL the Speedmaster stuff off their shelves and never sell any of the Speedmaster stuff again.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Tow Truck Engine
- Replies: 11
- Views: 712
Re: Tow Truck Engine
I have a 440 Holmes wrecker body mounted on a 74 Chevrolet C30 chassis. Current setup is a Carolina Machine Engine High Torque 350 longblock, (whatever that consists of) with an Edelbrock Performer intake, 1406 Carb, HEI distributor and small headers. Sling wrecker is PTO driven off a SM465 transmi...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:45 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Another reason not to buy Speedmaster shit
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3361
Re: Another reason not to buy Speedmaster shit
Speedmaster is a POS company. Summit Is verging on it as well, selling this shit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dsHrSq8pso There will always be people who COPY someone else's successful part but, to actually put the originator's name on it and try to pass it off as the real thing, is just "...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Rod bearing clearance
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1321
Re: Rod bearing clearance
Walter , thank you for the clarification on the rod side clearance , can you give me an idea on the vertical clearance and what rod journal size would you recommend for a 706ci engine NA for starters. thanks again. I can't recommend anything like that 'cause I don't build them ... I have witnessed ...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Ron's head porting
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1103
Re: Ron's head porting
All I can say is that the Brodix 10 was a good head ... about the porting, I have no idea.mdabbott2009 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:20 pm Does anyone know any about these? There for sale fairly reasonable on Facebook post to be brodix *10