Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

Several years ago there was a software package offered here for $100. It had performance trends, pipemax and couple other software deals. My computer crashed, is there a way to recover these?

Scat and Eagle stuff isnt available right now. I found 3 brand new chevy crate engines. Cranks in these say they are nodular iron. One is going in a R&D engine for the winter to do some dyno work.

2 bbl rules here. Have to use a chevy 5.7 rod can be eagle or scat. Looking in catalog it shows 2.00 rods weigh 40 grams more, so Its the same forging just machined smaller.

This is for a very strict set of rules on a dirt oval. Cam lift and vacuum rules, I feel like Ive maxed out my ring package and cam package. Just looking to drain some more juice from the turnip.

GM forged cranks are getting tough to find.

only grinding rod journal. These are stock replacement eagle or scat cast cranks.

Due to the rules we have to use cast cranks. I want to build this as an experiment but I am unsure if it will weaken a cast crank too much. Anyone done it? Dirt oval 6500-7000 rpm

Update** Found an issue when I was putting this thing back together. My TDC mark that I made on my balancer now looks to be 22* advance. So I would have had 56* total timing in it. Ouch. I made a big mistake. I think all the oil problems came after I hurt the pistons and they couldn’t control the r...

Update** Found an issue when I was putting this thing back together. My TDC mark that I made on my balancer now looks to be 22* advance. So I would have had 56* total timing in it. Ouch. I made a big mistake. I think all the oil problems came after I hurt the pistons and they couldn’t control the ri...

Any chance that it's sucking oil through the rocker studs? Could have... I went back and resealed. This is my theory I had those wrong intake gaskets, I think there was a vacuum leak and it sucked oil. I think that detonated the engine and caused the damage. Once I went back and fixed the intake le...

Any chance that it's sucking oil through the rocker studs? Could have... I went back and resealed. This is my theory I had those wrong intake gaskets, I think there was a vacuum leak and it sucked oil. I think that detonated the engine and caused the damage. Once I went back and fixed the intake le...

Maybe you had fuel wash on initial start up..they do look scuffed which will pinch oil ring first. Fuel in the oil too by the looks of the bearings. How did it start up, quick with minimal cranking and fuel? Fired right up. I didn’t do my normal break in though. Since it has a roller cam I didn’t r...

Maybe you had fuel wash on initial start up..they do look scuffed which will pinch oil ring first. Fuel in the oil too by the looks of the bearings. How did it start up, quick with minimal cranking and fuel? Fired right up. I didn’t do my normal break in though. Since it has a roller cam I didn’t r...

Not enough clearance, it scuffed the skirts and pinched the oil ring. .0035” skirt clearance. Calls for .0025”-.0045 Maybe you had fuel wash on initial start up..they do look scuffed which will pinch oil ring first. Fuel in the oil too by the looks of the bearings. How did it start up, quick with m...

MadBill wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:48 pm How do all the other bearings look?

Trashed at the back of engine. Progressively better as you get to 1,2 rods.