Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

ChopperScott wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:47 am Victor “E” vs Victor JR
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They both look almost identical except for the bigger runners. Are you porting the "E" intake Scott?

als427 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:44 am holy crap!! $3k

Was in a factory GM box and never used. Got it when I was a kid (I'm now 69) at Chevy for get this, $35
I made a good investment on that air cleaner.

It's one thing to sell a copy of something, but to use another person's name is outright fraud.

I just sold my "real" L-88 complete air cleaner last year for $3K, guy was thrilled to get it. Some other guy I see at local swap meets wanted it real bad but was only willing to pay $100 for it, LOL.

Interesting for sure on the head flow of a 461X head, I've owned 2 sets and sold them both for some good $$$ as guy thought they were the hot ticket for their cars. I know a few people back in the day that were running the X heads on their encono-dragsters, they made great power with them, most like...

Put in a cam with a 114° LCA it'll run great. My last one did with 11:1

maxracesoftware wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:37 pm i just by accident found this old Picture
using Epoxy AB Sticks to extend Runner Dividers , they also touch each other
at Plenum Floor

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Super cool, thanks.

Liberty heads look just like all the other china heads. There's a ton of them out there you can use, I would get them bare and add my own parts and get a good valve job done.

Ya those darn junkyard builds, lol. Boy I build that crap all the time, Mark never offered me a job

I have seen Larry Meaux weld up to an inch onto an intake runner divider. Is there any reason not to use 1/4 aluminum plate and weld that to the dividers instead? Then port and shape it accordingly? Thanks i've done it both those ways above , and a 3rd way just using Epoxy AB Sticks i prefer just T...

I think porting has more to do with not the size of the port, but more with the quality of the port after porting. A few years ago I took a chance on porting my set of L-29 BBC heads, Why? because no one else has messed with them much and they intrigued me to try to port something different. I alrea...

I know my recently acquired 1000hp has stepped booster from Holley. I have never had any luck with any 4781's I've ever used out of the box and my 4779 was quicker and faster then the last 4781 I tried. Even my 4780 800DP was better then the 4781, and the HP carburetors just seem to work better for ...

It must work, here's one that was posted her years ago,

Scott's work makes mine look like amature hour

Finally got a good Saturday for a TNT the only problem was I screwed up loading the car into the trailer. Poked a hole in the side wall of the right side front tire. Backed the car out, dismounted the tire, put a patch in it, remount test held pressure overnight. Off to the track I go. Make a good ...