Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

Just an update, after a forced turbo replacement due to a tiny piece of wire from inside a braided turbo oil feed line getting lodged in the turbo oil feed orifice this little engine got a retune. Went to a 35/82 Garrett, running Australian pump 98 ron fuel and 24psi it turbed out 400hp at the tyres...

These Brownfield heads are "AFR before they were called AFR" AFAIK. If anyone else on here contradicts what I say, then listen to the other guy as I have VERY little experience, but I had this same issue on my pre-assembled SBC heads also with non-adjustable guideplates. I was able to mak...

After reading all of the above, makes me feel better that I am just torqueing the bolts with my trusty torque wrench to the manufacturer's recommended torque value.... There's a lot to be said for simply torquing bolts! When things are prepped, clean, lubed and the wrench is correct and used correc...

After reading all of the above, makes me feel better that I am just torqueing the bolts with my trusty torque wrench to the manufacturer's recommended torque value.... There's a lot to be said for simply torquing bolts! When things are prepped, clean, lubed and the wrench is correct and used correc...

Good Afternoon, I have been thinking for a while now about how to accurately measure how "straight" a pushrod is in relation to its two mechanical connection points - the lifter pushrod pocket centerline and rocker arm pushrod pocket centerline. Does the pushrod stay on the same plane thr...

Fab a brace for the starter to get support off of the factory engine mount bolt holes.
And/or a start retard as mentioned.
Good quality starter amd grade 8 bolts are a must.

Oh yeah, If running a cute, lightweight battery they often fail to keep the ignition happy under starting load.

Im doubting its a really serious solid cam if he isn't going fancy roller rockers etc. (Do you know cam spec?) You could simply go for adjusable pushrods to keep it simple and use what he has. Or, if the little extra lift and effective duration etc is no issue just put hydro lifters in the solid cam...

Check the bolt free lengths. Then using the lubrication you will use for the final assembly tq the bolt till desired/recommended stretch is achieved. Keep at least a mental note on how far after contact the bolt rotates to achieve tq so you know if something is obviously wrong. Then if the bolts are...

Yes this is non turbo, just a cam upgrade, and freshen up as required. Rebuild carbs, make it all look as stock as possible as its out of an RS2000 Escort(this one originally had 1x Weber) the owner wants some more performance over stock but nothing too racy.

Im about to start on the baby brother , the 2.0L ford OHC.

If bore strength is the big issue and the sleeve is going to solve this I'd do the sleeve down without hesitation then simply fit the head on the finished bore and look on from the crankcase side, mark it up and chamfer the sleeve as little as you can to get the clearance you need. It may not be ide...

We dont know what head/engine you have but if valve clearance is no issue are you able to leave the sleeves proud by X ammount and counter bore the chamber then use an o ring as the chamber seal to get rid of your step and provide great sealing,, maybe not possible on your application but throwing i...

Nothing wrong with taking the burrs off in that location, or a light chamfer that is not going to remove any bearing back or tang support in that area. A little more chamfer along the thrust sides that face the cam may be of oiling assistance on a streeter that sees mostly lower rpm use to get some ...

.049” quench is fine, installing the cam straight up is fine. The Mexican vortec’s aren’t as good as the regular 062 or 906 vortecs but are still better in every way compared to the 882’s. If the intake you ordered is a spread bore intake, the Holley 9895 650 VS carb works awesome right out of the ...

Rdy4War. great post on a few more details regarding motor oils. The more we learn, the more we learn how much we don't know. We could use more real technical articles (on a number of subjects) to increase our understanding, rather than merely add to experiential folklore. I have a book about oil ad...