Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

In the lifter section Comp claims US made lifters, did this change are just false advertisement? https://www.compcams.com/pub/media/wysiwyg/CompCams/FlatTappetCamTechBulletin.pdf Us made does not mean what it once did. Could be quality checked, and packaged here and by law they are allowed to say i...

Thought some of you guys would like this.

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What's the block for? I have a lot of them in a box someplace. First edition 4781 850dp. It's so old it has flat head bowl screws, and the extra throttle arm support stud threaded into the main body.The metering block is the primary side has these numbers (7049 4781 shown in the picture.) Below tha...

Other numbers on top of body near choke lever hole.

Choke horn numbers

It's got a pretty good leak in the accelerator pump channel. Any reason why jb weld wouldn't work to epoxy the hole shut? Or can it be soldered? I have a small reamer to clean the channel out once repaired. Advice, suggestions, comments? What's the block for? I have a lot of them in a box someplace...

It's got a pretty good leak in the accelerator pump channel. Any reason why jb weld wouldn't work to epoxy the hole shut? Or can it be soldered? I have a small reamer to clean the channel out once repaired.

Advice, suggestions, comments?

the summit product ad page show pics see pics of main caps they are clearly cast with "BPE" as in BluePrint Engine also, note the Lack of any "made in usa" in summit display ad you can bet dollars to donuts, that IF block was USA, summit would brag on it in its ad. afaik, BPE ra...

BOOT wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:11 pm Use to be able to buy a crate 454 SBC, can't rem where tho?

Blueprint offers a 454 rated at 560 HP, pump gas build

https://www.summitracing.com/search/part-type/engines-bare-blocks/product-line/summit-racing-spc-engine-blocks Clearly a blueprint block, is Brodix still casting these? Either way for a 350 main 4.00/4.125 bore, one piece rear seal block setup for factory hydraulic roller cam and lifters splayed cen...

GM used them oe in the LT series, not sure which one- Crane. Well, there's another one then. This is why I asked the question. Inquiring minds want to know. Further to that, there's another thread here which revolves around much the same topic. I offered my two cent opinion and figured I would ask ...

Kinda sad to see stuff like this. Let's just hope we can all make it to such a ripe old age and contribute half as much as he has to motorsports in our own lives. Being the sole caretaker of my father and watching his mind and body deteriorate daily has given me a different perspective on it. He (D...

And they're illegal in some (most?) places. They beg the question: Do you tune the engine for the low-back-pressure "open" operation, or do you tune for the 95% of the time when the cutouts are closed? phase of childhood. To add to what you just said say you tune for it closed at low rpm ...

ClassicComp wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 1:51 pm If your still stuck after those contacts I can help you out.

Sent you a message on this board. Thank you.

Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but for initial run in, plug the filter bypass so the oil is 100% passing through the filter, then cut open and inspect after some heat cycles. It has been expressed to me that if the engine was plateau honed, the rings will be worn in within seconds. Not sure if thi...