Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

A 4.75 stroke in a standard deck BBC :shock: I was thinking the same thing. :shock: I have heard people squeeze a 4.5” stroke in a standard deck, but from what I understand that was still a squeeze. Have been tempted to try it with some of my junk I have sitting around, but have resigned myself to ...

Another option might be the EQ iron head. They have a vortec chamber with older pattern intake pattern. I have not used these in particular (but I have used a number of their old 180 and 200 cc race oriented iron heads and have been very happy with the results.

Paul

dfarr67 wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:26 am

If you can get over the price, Toyota for me.

Thanks for funding my paycheck for years. I worked at the proving grounds doing development. Toyota is not for me though.

Paul

Paul Kane wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:38 pm

PPS: good grief I just saw how old this thread is, haha....

Still great info to know. Glad you shared it.

Paul

I work for an ag equipment company, so I will be using E100. I'm not sure about the intercooler yet... With e100 (Usually it is E98 to prevent consumption) you will have no need for an inter cooler. I would still like to see the compression lower than that if it were me. Lower static compression wi...

I am not a turbo genius but I might do a few things different. First thing would be to lower the compression. Lower compression opens the tuning window considerably. Also being mindful of the valve job widths will help with heat transfer to help cool the valves. Also, of running an alcohol based fue...

Easy question, How does the C-C get smaller? Wouldn't the right way be taking the material off the cap instead of the block so the C-C stays the same? Even after taking material off the cap you still had to hone and some times bore the mains which will take off “some” material off the block. You ca...

It is funny you bring that up. The mid 90’s trucks and suburban had a head of the department who’s wife liked the suburban but wanted a nice soft pedal. Sadly we all got crappy pedals because of it. Luckily they fixed it, but slowly. At least they got their act together. Toyota on the other hand sti...

No problem, I would run it. I have run much worse.

Paul

That looks interesting. I wonder how the brake feel is? After spending ten years helping work with the manufacturers on brake system performance and feel I have become a little bit of a snob. At least I can admit it.

Paul

One thing I have been mindful of is once the valvetrain and engine are all assembled I mark all the pushrods and turn the engine over by hand and make sure all the lifters are rotating. That is a great start to making sure you are on the right track. The break in stand is great too for the next step...

I love including the next generation to join in. One thing is a fact, they have to want to do the work. The second fact is if they want it then they will find a way. I can buy a $1000 s10 blazer and strip it out and bolt a wrecking yard sbc in it and if I can’t get it into the 14’s solidly I don’t d...

Yes the bolt circle is different for the factory roller cams. You will need a timing set for the factory roller cams. I have to say that of the things I have seen on speedtalk in the last few months that pic of your kid and wife is the coolest. Making a difference in a kids life is just awesome. Paul

Just stumbled across this thread. That is a greaT looking Buck Smith. You don’t see many of those hulls around. Great hulls! As far as power, yah, our little 350 in our Biesemeyer gps’d at just under 90 and that was before we made some more cavitation plate adjustments that should help it take a set...

The family 68 vette that we had while I grew up had a Weiand dual plane with a Quadra jet on top and a basic drop base filter. The L88 drop base would have given us a little more room, but ours fit so we did not need more room. We used that same intake on three different engines over the years and t...