Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

Quote: I don't think that the car in that story is the real Vega. That car disappeared at the truck stop across from the drag strip in East St Louis. Unquote. I have personal knowledge of the Grumpy theft event, and the person who was blamed for it had nothing to do with it. I talked to Tryson, Jen...

rskrause wrote:Thanks, I think I will forget the idea and move on.

do you mind my asking why you need such a long stroke? what kind of racing are you doing?

The crank would need so much mallory it would cost a fortune and then it may fly out because of the material around the pieces is not thick enough to withstand the forces created and then you will have a pile of #4#$ even worse if oil gets on the tires. Not worth it

I guess you've never seen an "SK" boat. :wink:[/quote] The SK I learned to ski behind won the Long Beach to Catalina ski race twice. Not bad for a "non-ski boat" :wink:[/quote] I think they still do that race but the hulls are semi -v 20' plus nothing like a old 16-17' antique fl...

CamKing wrote:

srv601 wrote: A flat is not a ski boat.

I guess you've never seen an "SK" boat.

No never.. not in forty years of flatbottoms nope.

I'm a complete novice with boats but looks like I'm about to go this direction for some recreation, it will be an V8 inboard Ski boat, any advice on how to select a profile to suit much appreciated I also need enlightment on Hull design, propellers, V drive, dog clutch etc, how they work, anything ...

How about a lighter set of wrist pins?

If it's a lake boat a neutral and rev is good to have, no matter what drive system you run. Having to use a paddle to get out of the way or get into a dock makes you look like a fool. And having a boat that will get out of sight from your tow vehicle is even better. Big difference in a hot rod lake ...

Which nordic hull do you have? how about a pic of the hull in question.ie. tunnels are faster then a flat style hull. There are flow charts for each pump like your dominator jet,with a certain impeller There is only so much water each jet pump can push thru them and the charts will show you what rpm...

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I have ran this same cu in combo 481 likes rpm so i dont think your going to find a oval port head that going to work well with this bore size and rpm range that this combo needs.. you would need to sink a ton of money to a oval port heads. A aluminum head would be a great weight savings without the...

I have ran a few set of 049 heads on my 496 ci marine engines and the run real well, on the downside is all the work in putting larger valves and bowl work and porting i could of bought a set of alum heads saved all the weight and been ahead of the game. But I do like the oval port heads when all th...

cheap,just cleaning here..hate to throw it away

bbc 1 piston nos L 2307a trw .060 12.5 piston new old stock

this is new and i am cleaning out my shop

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bbc 840 heads sq port closed chamber, heads have been cleaned and mag have all the valves and plates feb 1967 date code guy i got these from cleaned up the bowl of the intake port only on one cyl head. I bought them as they were and mothballed them for about five years. Great for a oem date matching...