Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

Trust me I was but after basicilly having to put on hold almost all the work in my shop for the 4 weeks it took for them to even fix the head,I was just happy to still be in business.

Darrin you must have been very lucky with the 1500 you bought.I unfortunately was not,lol. I sold my 20 and replaced it with the 1500 and it was delivered with the spindle unable to move up or down.Sunnen had to replace the entire head/spindle casting. Also the craddle was/is so stiff that you canno...

yes your assumptions are correct.while you do have some cuts from a new insert that may take 5+ mins apiece it depends on the seat material and valve size.On a ampco or copper based seat it can cut a seat insert to a finished seat in less then a min in most cases.And as stated you are able to walk a...

yes I owned a sgm1500 and it had the same issuses.you just had to center the head better.I usually would check the cutter body fit into the ball cup of the machine after I center floated it by moving the cutter body up and down feeling for the resistance of an off center lock. I believe that it was ...

Those aftermarket valve guides for imports are junk. I yet to see any brand that resolves the excess clearence issue. Every time you replace the guide on a toyota, honda, mazda etc you have more clearence than you want or need. It is hard to get good guides. Mostly too big on the OD and ID. Yep,I j...

I'm sorry I don't .My boss orders the seats.But I'm sure I'm not the only one here who knows of Claude.Try to ask Curtis Boggs I believe he has stated he uses CHE also.

you could try CHE they have a really nice exh seat thats not CB,and better then ampco45.

I used to use the z spar alot when I worked at a shop that did All Pro class work and dirt oval BBC stuff.I found it very easy to use.We never worried much about the bubbles when they were small,the air will just go right over them like they werent there it seems.But we would sand the ports with 40 ...

Agreed,I am a very anal person when it comes to my work and all i wish for is to work for someone who will allow me to to r&d like I'd want to.I want to learn much more then the little I know . .

Speaking of that,how have you been Curtis,we havent talked in awhile. Ed, no we haven't spoken in a while, .. and we used to talk a bunch. Busy, .. ok , .. really, really busy. Got the CnC machine in and running, .. have some intense development projects, .. sold my house and moved into a new one, ...

I like my little Del Sol.With a D16 it gets 34 mpg at a constant 85-90 mph on the highway.Since I drive at least 800-900 miles a week it helps alot.Ive had it for 3 years now and it had 250+K miles on the broken od when i got it.Never burns any oil and stays together always.The roof comes off and it...

Speaking of that,how have you been Curtis,we havent talked in awhile.

Experience has taught me to eventually quite, walk away and think about it later. If you walk away from the problem, the light turns on about 3:00am in the morning while your drifting off to sleep. you will figure it out at the point where you are most relaxed and NOT thinking about the problem! Yo...

it shows when you lift off the alt key

Hydra,I feel your being overly harsh in your statements about Larry also.While I also don't agree w/all his claims and practices and have gotten into some disscussions with his followers that were heated at times I still respect his opinion.He has been around racing for too long not to know many thi...