Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

We have a number gasstations scattered around our country which supply 102 octane fuel (RON). But it's not common. Euro95 is our 'Regular' gasoline. Euro98 is 'Premium'. https://www.bigblockmopar.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_6026.jpg I think Euro 95 is equal to 91 octane "(Ron+mon)/2"...

This engine seems to be needlessly complicated. For example, why not just use a typical screw on oil filter? Why reinvent how the front damper attached to the crank? Timing chain in the back sounds like a bad idea when something breaks. Seems like a bunch of engineers decided to do everything diffe...

I may not win the competition but I am sure I will win over the confidence of a few open minded engine builders who will see the benefits of a motor build using all easy to get 'off the shelf' parts and get the near perfect combo and have the build done with the least shop time involved. Yeah ryte ...

Doesn't the NA V6 Camaro use an integrated exhaust manifold? They picked up something like 7% more flow on the intake and 10% on the exhaust from that change alone.

It appears that it also benefits NA engines. So it's not just a turbo deal, it would seem.

There's also the 5000 hp Devel Sixteen with the quad turbo V16 that Steve Morris designed and built. https://www.stevemorrisengines.com/engines/engine-development/sme-devel-v-16 https://youtu.be/uKaCFU81SZE https://www.stevemorrisengines.com/images/managed/Dyno-8.jpg I also found this article , whi...

There's also the 5000 hp Devel Sixteen with the quad turbo V16 that Steve Morris designed and built.

https://www.stevemorrisengines.com/engi ... devel-v-16

Continental, who is said to be working with Chevy on the Corvette 48V hybrid system, claims a 21% increase in fuel mileage in real world urban environments.

https://www.continental-automotive.com/ ... chnologies

Always calibrate a new stick by draining the oil completely and installing a new filter. Fill the engine one quart low. Idle the engine briefly and then allow it to sit for an hour on level ground. Measure the distance. Add a quart and repeat. The wrong dipstick might be being used (common issue wi...

The C8 Corvette was supposed to be getting a 12v/48v system. Whatever happened with that? I read in a few places that it has been designed into the car for future use but nothing I've seen has actually confirmed that to be true, yet.

Wrong link posted above. Sorry https://www.smithers.com/careers/our-companies-and-locations The Smithers Group would be the name I was looking for. Is this correct for wheel certification? In the materials section it appears to be mostly related to pharmaceuticals and chemicals. Mark, I like the lo...

I doubt that. That's like using a rugby ball in an NFL game 😂 There's another product called sorbothane. You can also try vibration damping gloves. For instance, there are batting gloves made for baseball players with vibration damping material in the palms and fingers. They make the same kinds of g...

Would it be possible to have that option added to the members' profile page and/or the "Advanced Search" engine, please? As of now, there's no way to limit the scope of your search to only threads posted by a specific user. You can only search for all of their previous posts. It would be g...

What intake?

What's the battery voltage at? And how much of that is actually getting to the ignition system? How much voltage during cranking? I would start and measure things and try to exclude parts first. My suspicion is on the distributor for now. To expand on this, also check the voltage at the main hot wi...

I do alot of marine work and most times a power increase is wanted as well as more RPM range which always comes with more cam. the LSA for marine stuff is very critical to keep water out of the engine with too much overlap. Most of what we do uses 114 lsa and if looking at catalogue stuff its almos...