Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

After the last Beech Bend tnt I came away with a best for the day E.T. of 7.301@ 92.30 mph this was with a consent 22MPH headwind at the driver head light corner of the car. when the Car run the 7.27 last fall there was only a very mind varying breeze. Shifted at 6500 1-2 and 6300 2-3. 60' was the n...

Hey Guys, I Just saw a Video posted on YouTube by a guy I watch frequently. His truck trailer and race car were stolen over night from the Holiday Inn parking lot in Florence ,South Carolina. Check out his YouTube channel for more info on tag numbers of all three Truck trailer and 62 Studebaker Lark...

Had another TnT on Saturday . Not at my normal track they had a 10K bracket race. So I ventured 108 miles east to London, Ky. Nice track about 700' higher in elevation. temps were cool 48 to 58 degrees F. DA was about the same as the last time I was out at Beech Bend around 1000' to 1100' had a 19mp...

I am toying with the thought of a truck with this engine 8.1L LPFI [propane fuel]for a fairly local [within 250 miles round trip] for hauling 10 to 15k loads. Any thoughts or experience over the usual diesel engine, please share. Thanks Dan

Or it might just get a better cam, springs, and a Holley strip dominator intake and more converter and have some more play time in the car. I have all that on the shelf in the Garage. Dan

Op Find the cork in your system and rpm it some more. If it will run 7300 I would have no less than 6500 stall in it. Dave B , I think I know what the cork is it's the heads. The CSA at the pushrod pinch goes into choke at about 6500. The only purpose of this exercise was to see what a set of 441 h...

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 ...

If y'all remember I was having a problem with the valve train not being happy above 6300 rpm. I'm happy to report that I shifted 1-2 at 6500 2-3 at 6400 and crossed the stripe at around 6600 rpm didn't really look at the tach but the 6400 shift lite came on just around the 1000' mark and I just kept...

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 c...

Boy, I'm dying to get to the track for the first time this year. Rained out the last two Saturdays. I will update my Home ported 441 head thread as soon as I get some results from winter changes

Just a word of warning on cheap heads and springs and other components. Buy Bare heads and use top quality springs, locators, seals, retainers, locks and valves. Too many horror stories of sub pare components on cheap heads. Buyer beware. Dan

I've started using springs designed for LS heads on my 23* sbc heads. Lots of options available with a 1.800 installed height and wide range of seat and open forces to choose from . Only have to cut seats out to 1.320 and more rocker to retainer clearance.

I don't know about gaskets moving, but I have had a problem of water wicking thru the gasket around the water ports on the last 2 sbc's I've build. Shows up at the top of manifold above the water ports as rust and white aluminum oxidation. One was Felpro 1205's and the other was Mr. Gaskets ultra se...

Tom68 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:35 pm Gold measured a spring but if they were new they would have lost free height on warm up.

Just went back and watched the video where he checked the springs. They are about 15 lbs light of force on the seat and 50-60 lbs light open from the spring Crower recommends for that cam.

I take it these are aggressive lobe profiles. Youtuber Golds garage used a 220H226 which I assume is a mid 90s 00256. That would make it a lift rule cam, explains the aggression, Crower lists it power level 5 (titanium valves etc) is there really such a thing as a hydraulic flat tappet that small (...