Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

I don't think 'billet block' and 'economy/emissions' can be applied to these guys in one sentence.

Good vid, thanks.

Just ran across this topic researching something else. Is this practice accepted or a way to sell bs....removing quench pads and redoing chamber via cnc. Sometimes I get the impression that if the modification doesn't hurt performance it can be spun as if it increased it- is this a flavour or does i...

I always try to do my due diligence- but it doesn't seem to matter.

Exhaust material too, SS can ring, I believe.

We have a new batch of Ford work trucks, mostly hwy driven but occasionally have meetings in the city. The ONLY thing that bothers me is that eventually that starter WILL fail (its a Phord after all), in the city, in rush hour at a light.

Non-issue....until you own out of warranty

Scat crank is cheap- my vote 383. In my truck I was talked out of it years ago- wish I would have stuck to my opinion, torque rules with 6000lbs. TPI/3.73, 700r4- really moves out on the hwy.

Is Cadillac still their own division- or is this a GM Powertrain effort? As high tech as Cadillac wants to be- and not an owner myself but as the miles piled on didn't they really have shortcomings, Northstar head bolts or gaskets.

I wouldn't discount engine management in this package. I think it adds to what service mileage these engines are getting.

I just hated the TB that came with the FIRST- modified my plenum to use the OEM fuel rails and TB, don't know why FIRST had to totally reinvent that aspect since BIG aftermarket TB's were readily available.

So what makes a GREAT TPI roller cam?

On my 383 sbc w AFR vortec, 9.5:1 TPI...I still need to tune for 87, from what I can see it will work well...eventually- need some fast burn Ford heads--pay for a good chamber.

This cam has a very smooth idle- your right the lope thing is a beautiful sound- none here. These are some cams I was thinking about at the time. If you were to pick a quality manufacturer and catalogue cam- what would you pick, Isky seems to have some fans. Old Flowtech cam in a 355 I still have: P...

I wanted a cam that was easy on the valvetrain- this is a Erson cam and to be fair they wanted to sell me a bigger cam and I got scared-- I mean my attitude was/is..... who has been disappointed from picking a smallish cam as opposed to too big, perhaps the suggested 'big' cam wasn't big at all ('gi...