Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

I have a old Hilborn catalog, from about '73. In it, it says that you can use the Olds injection manifold for the Lincoln. The Olds has 4.625 bore centers.

How did it do at Bonneville?

I always liked this engine and saw a '56 Ford in Long Beach, CA, beat some impressive cars, back in the mid '60's. I've been involved with FE's since the '60's but, never got to build one of these. They have the same bore centers as the FE but, a 10.94 deck ht and are a little heavy. Has anyone buil...

Bullet does have this lobe - HR325/385 325 270 187 .3850 .000 CRA

And this one - HR335/3823 336 276 187 .3823 .000 CRA

If you calculations were for 1.5 rockers.

One a long straight away or large circle tracks, the acceleration rate can be very slow.

I was on the phone earlier today with Rob Youngblood. He got my clutch. It’s going to be about a month before I get it back. May be a little more, maybe a little less. He asked me if I was in a hurry to make an event or a race. I was honest and told him that I am not. Don’t want to hold up the guys...

My suggestion for a intake, would be a fiberglass hood and a Holley 300 TR, held down by a pair of 660's mounted sideways. More mid range tq, plus more hp.

If you were to put a manifold, connecting the outlet of dry sump pump to both valve covers and then run a larger line, to the tank, it might work. You would have to add more baffling and insure that the tank, itself was strong enough to hold that vac, in addition to another catch tank.

After read this, this my take on it. I think the heads are to big for a 306 @ 7.5k. The heads should be capable of well over 600 hp if you can pull enough a/f threw them. After seeing a tq peak at 7.1k, I would have taken the the rpm up at least another 1200 to 1500 rpm or found where the hp had a s...

Wasn't the only factory 4 cyl a 912?

Thank you for that, Johnny. I've got some more checking and verifying to do now.

V12, thank you for that info. I'll use it when/if, I ever find a basic C/C distance for the starter mount. I was surprised that I couldn't find a C/C for a SBC flywheel/starter. I did find info on the starter to FW distance. I own a machine shop so, I won't have any problem with the mount being para...

I just bought a Ford FE flywheel that has a 153 tooth ring gear (assuming it to be SBC ring gear).

Does anyone have the C/C distance that the starter pinion gear has to be, to engage the flywheel as I need to machine a mount for it. Probably a reverse mounted starter.

Maybe I can be of some help. If you can find a reference to the deck clearance, this will get you what the deck height is: 1/2 stroke = 2.0" Rod Length= 7.0" CH of piston=2.359 _______________________ --------------- 11.359 ------------- + deck clearance ------------ = block deck height Th...

I was a auto trans mechanic, for 2 years, in the mid '60's and understand how a converter works. You get higher stalls with a smaller converter housing and by increasing the distance between the torus and turbine. The torus and turbine shear the fluid vortex, to create torque transfer. The basic con...

What I'm wanting to know, is what is the difference between a "tight" and a "old or loose" converter, of the same stall speed. Is there some new tech regarding Torus/turbine/stator, interaction?

Not including, the more modern lock up trans.