Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

I worked at a oem engine plant, the heads were aluminium and the seats and guides were shrunk in liquid nitrogen before installation but the heads were not heated though. Read a Coventry Climax book were they heated the heads to fit seats and guides and the heads grew in length because of this. So y...

Good to hear from you Carnut. 55 and no medication your doing well mate.

Hi mate, I’m no expert, I’ve been wasting a lot of time on this stuff. This place is the best but Dohc, sohc, is very limited. I would suggest a pm to Cam King and give him time to reply. Very busy guy. From what you’ve posted the inlet grind looks a bit bigger but with some softness. It may work fo...

Hi mate, I’m no expert, I’ve been wasting a lot of time on this stuff. This place is the best but Dohc, sohc, is very limited. I would suggest a pm to Cam King and give him time to reply. Very busy guy. From what you’ve posted the inlet grind looks a bit bigger but with some softness. It may work fo...

Yep bought a couple of 10 CD packs, luv em and some books. My next one will be Pipe max. Most of the tech stuff I purchase or read is usually from a suggestion this forum.

Cheers Dave.

Yep like Tony said glass pistons and the are the for the reason mekilljoydammit said. When I worked at MMAL we went from 3.5 V6 with an ACL piston. To a 3.8 V6 with a Japanese piston to meet euro3 emissions. MMAL intended to build the 3.8 locally and consulted ACL about piston production and there r...

Sad new. I took a jump to a very small specialty shop 12 years ago. Then had to figure out how to pull it off, thanks to Don and his audio discs his books and the great people on the forum I made a fair job of it. I'm still learning and the secrets aren't so secret when you talk with like minded peo...

turbo2256b wrote:I dont evn want to think about all the crap that went down on the modular engine during the years I worked at Fords Advance Engine Design

Come on we want to hear about it! Share if you are able to. Cheers Dave

Excellent work as usual Tony, thanks for sharing with text and pics. Always enjoy looking at your work and you paying foward, cheers Dave.

The Hart 415T F1 engine from the 1980's, was a mono block too. I read somewhere the seats were the hard bit on that engine. there are some pics on the net of it.

Brian Hart did some amazing stuff for a small engine firm.

Cheers Dave

Yeah the books are good but also you might want to try the speed talk 10 pack air flow cd discs. I listen to them in the car on the way to and from work, so much better than talk back. When I'm struggling I re-listen to them there is always something I missed or didn't think about before until I get...

Shhhhhhhh, Guy's. As a mechanic these shit engines keep me in a job, plus it would boring doing oil & filters all day. I know we bitch & whine but I think soon the auto elec's will be cutting our lunch, then what are we to do?

Cheers Dave

Thanks Max & Bill!

Cheers Dave.