Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

Engine Builder story from almost 2 years ago.

https://www.enginebuildermag.com/2018/1 ... omponents/

Is it a 1 piece gasket, can you cut & paste a decent one, is the pan rail[block & sump] straight & smooth & clean?

There must be a Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity or Lighthouse for the Blind or charity second hand/thrift shop that could use/sell any tools or supplies.
I hate good stuff getting trashed/scrapped.

A smaller needle & seat can handle higher pressure.
IDK if one is available.

Holding the crank up because you put in the pistons before it? Wouldn't it be hard to make that pattern from regular factory assembly line machining let alone local performance machine shop stuff? The cap looks cut, but not too pretty. Things were done intentional by old timers and some not so old i...

and torsion - twist
Sorry, really wrong word

spec .032 orifice means nearly unlimited bevel/chamfer/radius.

Is the best contact patch the best for power as well as quiet, different contact at the inside/bottom/root of the ring and any cryo snake oil testimony?

...motor mounts can be taken out... [/u] Some might need the engine pushed a little sideways, besides up, to clear things, or cut new stud shorter. Mount/s installed with tension and compression? Slimy so called rubber oozing out? Visible active/fresh line between rubber and steel? Surface weather ...

Please give description, I/we don't need a pic, and especially a Youtube, if the observer has some ounces of experience, 20/30 or so with enhancement vision, can wiggle a stem in the guide & marker on a seat, observe the stem, keeper, retainer & spring fit and take a guess if they've used intakes fo...

I've seen worse, looked like a body file. It could only have been intentional & was, F'd over a customer on vacation with a blown HG. claimed it was a necessary rebuild, with a parting shot nasty head surface good enough to get'em home by not much. No gasket will seal that without a lot of goop & on...

Will low RPM pound out the high spots lapping makes to destroy a mirror perfect finish that'll cut/crush through the combustion leftovers, or does it need some thrashing?

Looks horrible, un-dressed or really coarse stone or dressed on the sidewalk?

I don't expect a mirror finish on some materials, but close to it on all.

Sure, it's a mech advantage pushing it back, doesn't warrant being wasteful[mass and/or $] about it.

I believe that if the average person that had a vehicle that was normally parked for long periods that used the modern non vented system just filled the tank and left it for a year they would have no fuel issues even the current alcohol blended fuels which is every where today Yeah, exactly. Opened...