Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

Bushed all the way for me.
Guy

I run the Isky EZ Roll Helix bushed solid roller lifters in my street driven BBC. https://iskycams.com/downloads/ISKY-EZRollHelixFlyer119.pdf ARE THEY OVERKILL ?? Yes ARE THEY CHEAP ?? No If you want good lifters when it comes to the bbc be ready to dig deep If you buy cheap ones be ready to dig dee...

I see there’s no mention of UDHarold who probably designed a big part of Comp Cams lobes and has a resume equal to or better than Harvey Crane or Ed Iskenderian.
Not to mention all the other well known lobes that he designed after Comp Cams.
Guy

swampbuggy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:46 pm Johnson puts together a lot of Isky's roller lifters but Not " All " of them. Isky's highest end Roller Lifters are assembled In-House. Who told me this, a person employed by Johnson in Taylor Michigan . Mark H.

Very interesting,thanks for sharing that.
Guy

If you want the best lifters available on the market today then you want the Isky Helix lifters;
https://iskycams.com/downloads/ISKY-EZR ... yer119.pdf
Expensive?? Yes
Worth it ?? Yes
Guy

At the very least put a bigger intake valve in those 781’s. 2.25 would probably work better for what you’re looking for. Also,and this is just my opinion after 22 years of using a solid roller cam on the street,ditch the hyd roller and use a solid roller. I pull the valve covers off once a year to c...

It could be more of a timing related issue.
Maybe you need a bit more initial timing to help with the bucking.
Guy

Just to throw a wrench into this scenario,what about the difference between a dual plane with a divider versus one with no divider ??
Guy

What about Mark Whitener ??
I believe that he is known as Lightning Carburetor,
https://www.facebook.com/lightningracingcarburetors/
As far as I know he posts on here too
He went through my Mighty Demon a few years ago and it works great.
Guy

Jesel told me that one major cause of failed aluminum rocker arms is over-torquing the adjuster. They highly recommend using an LSM torque wrench. I bought a brand new set of the Jesel Sportsman Series shaft rockers from Mike Lewis 13-14 years ago for my BBC. Then after I bought them there was a po...

I've been using one of the Wagner Dual Flow PCV's on my street driven 513 BBC for several years now with a Trick Flow oil seperator, ;https://www.summitracing.com/parts/tfs-k51400850 The directions need to be closely followed to fine tune Wagner unit to match your engine. My vacuum readings are 7-8 ...

Very impressive
Guy

Just the website here. No experience yet, my engine is a couple weeks from hitting the Dyno... Http://www.daytona-sensors.com/ I those it because it's American made, has better features than the equivalent msd price point and isn't msd Edit: they were still $550 with coil when I got mine less than ...

skinny z wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:33 pm

54chevkiwi wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:00 pm I'll stick with my Daytona CDI box and it's programmable capabilities.

Do you have a link for additional information? Looks interesting.

http://www.daytona-sensors.com/cd-1--ig ... -unit.html
And yes it’s is a multi spark system.
Guy

54chevkiwi wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:00 pm

I'll stick with my Daytona CDI box and it's programmable capabilities.

^^^ This X 2 !!
Guy