Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

For me it was, SB chevy done, start prime with a drill, big stream of oil comes out the oil pressure hole.

I still have stains on the ceiling!!!!

Light wight heads in gasket refers to the cut out for the oil dipstick. The light wight heads have a flat cut between both head bolt holes for the dipstick. Heavy heads have a thumb nail cut for dip stick. Some steel shim gaskets followed the thumb nail cut and would not seal with the flat cut on li...

Show cars automotive in New Ulm, MN ( show-cars.com ) had cast stock style pistons plus pretty much everything else I needed when I went through a 409 2 or 3 years ago. Kanter or Egge might have some cast pistons also. Otherwise I think Ross or Icon are the only other choices. Also SI valves had the...

CS1022r = SpeedPro/SealedPower for a Pontiac V8.

2002 Catalog lists it as 288/298 214/224 .443"/.465" 112 lobe seperation.

The car is currently on display fully restored at the Simonsons truck stop/long haul saloon, corner of US 2 and I 29, in Grand Forks ND. The informtaion on the sign has 354 cu in hemi by Dick Jones, 700+ HP, 6 carburetors. Body by Jim Gander, Driver by John Simonson. In the 60's to the late 80's Jim...

Mostly a street driven/fun truck.

Bolt it in, and tune it up it.

On the street add vacuum advance.

great coincidence : i have house full of relatives for Thanksgiving and my oldest Daughter starts talking about "Fargo" the movie, one of her favorites . My Son bought a wood chipper ... so that started the talk about wood chipper in "Fargo" ( Fargo , North Dakota ) also the Cana...

Thanks Larry, Great story, brought back some good memories, made me smile.

Wishing happiness to all!

?? Don't round lock need a chamfered end on the pin.

Let the driver drive!

Use a Gopro camera or simalar aimed at the gage and review after the race/heat.

I tried to do about the same with a vacuume gage in a 2bbl car, asked him what's the vacuume just before corner entry/end of straight and off the end he went.

Thanks Bill, thats what I'm finding also. 1 stroke is 1 too many, where did that .001 go. I'm also finding over stroke is VERY important.
Thanks

I have got the block mounted square in my AXE pump hone but the cylinder is only 3 1/2' long. > Are you using normal 4' AN stones, short 3 1/2“ AN stones, or cut both the top and bottom off the stone? > Std = Bore: 2.6875/2.6885 in, are you finishing to low, middle, high or your favorite piston to w...

Call Steve Huggins, Huggins Cams, Olive Branch MS 662-895-8482 he ran the shop at Cam Dynamics

Don't just ask about installed hight. Ask pressure also.

Tell them you need the pressures stated above minimum, if it takes a spring change to get there do it.

Walter R. Malik wrote:The custom AutoTec pistons from RaceTec have performed very well for me.

I'll second that, Randy n Tim are great to deal with.