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Pontiac - Race
Yesterday, 08:12 AM
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Summit racing drops speedmaster products
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Here is the Blower shops troubles with SM. I...
Here is the Blower shops troubles with SM. I recalled wrong, it wasn’t the drive with the name on it, it was the blower. SM made it, and has the TBS logo right on there.
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Pontiac - Race
04-21-2024, 10:56 PM
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Summit racing drops speedmaster products
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I also recall a few years ago Speedmaster sold...
I also recall a few years ago Speedmaster sold copies of blower drive’s with the BDS log still on them. Summit I don’t think was a vendor for SM at the time, it was known in smaller circles, not...
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Pontiac - Race
04-21-2024, 11:47 AM
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Summit racing drops speedmaster products
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I agree. This was a new low. The Pontiac...
I agree. This was a new low. The Pontiac community I think is a little more willing to overlook it because we need a cheap head option pretty badly.
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Pontiac - Race
04-21-2024, 10:00 AM
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Summit racing drops speedmaster products
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Jay S
Yep, Then we just sit back and watch the product...
Yep, Then we just sit back and watch the product they had go to crap. MSD just has never been the same since they got bought out and MFG went to China.
Technology gets sent over to China just...
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Pontiac - Race
04-21-2024, 06:40 AM
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Summit racing drops speedmaster products
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You over estimate SM management. The reason why...
You over estimate SM management. The reason why they had to change their name from Procomp electronics to Speedmaster was because the got sued by MSD for pretty much doing this exact same thing. ...
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Pontiac - Race
04-20-2024, 09:11 AM
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Summit racing drops speedmaster products
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Jay S
I bought something from Speedway motors yesterday...
I bought something from Speedway motors yesterday and couldn’t find any Speedmaster products on their site anymore either.
I bet some folks over at SEMA are feeling pretty stupid about the awards...
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Pontiac - Race
04-20-2024, 08:41 AM
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Summit racing drops speedmaster products
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Jay S
This really isn’t about other copying that goes...
This really isn’t about other copying that goes on in China, or here, or anywhere else. Speedmaster, a company with facilities in the US, Australia, and happens to have manufacturing done also in...
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Pontiac - Race
04-18-2024, 08:14 AM
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Summit racing drops speedmaster products
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Jay S
Good too see some integrity from Summit. I hope...
Good too see some integrity from Summit. I hope other company’s follow and SM loose’s a bunch of business and has too fight lawsuits for the many things they have stole. I know some like their E...
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Pontiac - Street
04-16-2024, 06:03 PM
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Scorpion Endurance Lifters
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Jay S
Scorpion made the rockers thicker at the fulcrum...
Scorpion made the rockers thicker at the fulcrum tips sometime around 2011. I imagine the rockers Charlie broke the fulcrum on and Cliff’s pictures were both made before that.
None of the...
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Pontiac - Street
04-16-2024, 11:11 AM
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Scorpion Endurance Lifters
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Jay S
If you didn’t know, Scorpion makes the rockers...
If you didn’t know, Scorpion makes the rockers arms for both Isky and Howard’s. Isky bodies are the endurance versions, Howard’s uses the race version. I think even Summit brand rockers are...
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Pontiac - Street
04-14-2024, 04:55 PM
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Pontiac V8 Lifter questions
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Jay S
I recall your engine builder went thru two sets...
I recall your engine builder went thru two sets of lifter before he found 16 lifters he was happy with the crown’s machining. If he has not done that you may have made it too 2000 miles. That type...
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Pontiac - Street
04-14-2024, 03:42 PM
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Pontiac V8 Lifter questions
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Jay S
I look on Ebay or other places that have old...
I look on Ebay or other places that have old stocks of NOS lifters before ordering new. If that falls thru I order these:
...
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Pontiac - Race
04-11-2024, 06:29 PM
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Pro Stock Pontiacs
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Jay S
The 500 cubes limit on prostock started around...
The 500 cubes limit on prostock started around 1981. Everything was based on weight per cid before that.
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Pontiac - Street
04-08-2024, 08:02 PM
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Scorpion Endurance Lifters
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Jay S
Bulter performance released their own 1.65 rocker...
Bulter performance released their own 1.65 rocker arm series that has more clearance for bigger spring retainers. They look a lot like endurance Scorpion, says made by Scorpion.
...
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Pontiac - Street
04-08-2024, 11:38 AM
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Scorpion Endurance Lifters
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Jay S
Even recently with in the last couple years, ...
Even recently with in the last couple years, Bulter’s don’t recommend Scorpions on big roller cams.
Fatigue life of aluminum parts depends on the forces applied to those parts. There is a lot...
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Pontiac - Street
04-06-2024, 09:26 PM
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Scorpion Endurance Lifters
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Posted By
Jay S
Are you referring to rockers arms, or the SR...
Are you referring to rockers arms, or the SR lifters made by Johnson with cast iron bodies that are called Scorpion’s?
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Pontiac - Street
04-06-2024, 09:58 AM
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Best Radiator for a Street/Strip 75 Formula 400 Firebird.
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Jay S
Cold Case is what I have in my 77 TA. 550+ HP...
Cold Case is what I have in my 77 TA. 550+ HP street car…Nice radiator.
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Pontiac - Street
04-06-2024, 08:49 AM
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Diagnosing Loss in Performance and WOT Backfires
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Jay S
Yep, need know that too. The head were set up by...
Yep, need know that too. The head were set up by KRE though, I can probably tell him which retainers it has just from the spring IH.
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Pontiac - Street
04-06-2024, 08:16 AM
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Diagnosing Loss in Performance and WOT Backfires
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Jay S
I can help you with picking valve springs, just...
I can help you with picking valve springs, just need to know the IH of the springs. I don’t think you’re issue is with the valve springs though. It still sounds like your fuel pump won’t build...
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Pontiac - Street
04-06-2024, 08:07 AM
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Another hyd roller bites the dust
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Jay S
If it had a OF cam it would have had all magnum...
If it had a OF cam it would have had all magnum lobes. OF2 has more aggressive XR’s on the intakes
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Pontiac - Street
04-05-2024, 09:48 PM
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Another hyd roller bites the dust
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Jay S
Without getting too detailed on what you could do...
Without getting too detailed on what you could do different, for how yours failed, an improvement would be to have that HR cam ground on a 8620 core next go around. The 8620 surface is tougher, it...
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Pontiac - Street
04-05-2024, 08:36 AM
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Safety warning welding and brake cleaner. Never mix them!
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Jay S
Same here.
Same here.
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Pontiac - Street
04-05-2024, 08:02 AM
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Another hyd roller bites the dust
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Jay S
I didn’t write that quite correctly, the 5150...
I didn’t write that quite correctly, the 5150 (common HR’s) and 8660 are lesser quality cores than a 8620, but the hardening on those cores actually is deeper than a 8620. The issue is more the...
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Pontiac - Street
04-04-2024, 12:19 AM
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Another hyd roller bites the dust
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Posted By
Jay S
It is doubtful you could save it anyway. Yes it...
It is doubtful you could save it anyway. Yes it is a Billet cam, but like most HR grinds from Comp it is one of the lesser quality billet 5150 or 8660 cores, the induction hardening is thinner than...
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Pontiac - Street
04-03-2024, 09:48 AM
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Another hyd roller bites the dust
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2,216
Posted By
Jay S
In that first photo I thought it was looking kind...
In that first photo I thought it was looking kind of tough also.
Just from that first photo, it was not a better 8620 cam core, it is obviously not a cast cam core either. Looks like a 5150 ...
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