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Alexander Nathan Skolnick (born September 29, 1968), is an American jazz and metal guitarist who heads the jazz band Alex Skolnick Trio and is the lead guitarist of the Bay Area thrash metal band Testament. He is considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time as well as one of the fastest guitarists in the world.
Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Alex began playing the guitar at age nine. He was influenced by Eddie Van Halen, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Randy Rhoads, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Scorpions. He was a student of renowned guitarist Joe Satriani and was one of many guitarists (Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan) who studied under Satriani to achieve fame. His parents, Jerome Skolnick and Arlene, both Ph.D graduates from Yale University, were professors of sociology at New York University and have previously taught at UC Berkeley. Skolnick has an older brother, Michael.
Alex was a member of the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band Testament from 1983 until his departure in 1993. He returned briefly to re-record some old material for the band's First Strike Still Deadly release, as well as the "Thrash of the Titans" all-star performance in 2001, before returning full-time four years later.
After his first departure from Testament, Alex joined the band Savatage in 1994 for the recording of Handful of Rain, as well as its follow-up live album and home video release Japan Live '94. In 1991 he recorded and toured with the Stu Hamm band. He also played guitar for Ozzy Osbourne in 1995. In 2004, Skolnick made a guest appearance on Lamb of God's Ashes of the Wake album, recording a solo for the album's instrumental title track.
During the mid to late 1990s, Skolnick fronted several projects in the Bay Area, including Skol-Patrol (a funk band exclusively dedicated to cop-show themes, both covered and original, featuring Michael Manring). He also recorded two albums with Attention Deficit, a 3-piece featuring Tim Alexander from Primus as well as Manring. In the late 90s, he collaborated with electric violinist Joe Deninzon (who he met in New York City at the New School) in Stratospheerius, recording The Adventures of Stratospheerius album. He also appears on their Live Wires album.
In 1998, Skolnick relocated to New York City and began devoting all of his energy to jazz, enrolling in the The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music and graduating with a BFA in jazz performance. Since 2002, Alex has been touring and recording with the Alex Skolnick Trio, a jazz group known for playing rousing bebop renditions of classic rock and heavy metal tunes. The Trio has performed at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, MusikMesse in Frankfurt, Germany, at the National Center for the Arts, Mexico City, at the Iridium Jazz Club, New York City, and numerous other venues all over the world. AST blends the conviction of rock with the elegance and sophistication of jazz. Since their debut, AST has been honored with 4 ½ stars by Downbeat, reviewed by Jazziz, The Village Voice and has charted on the JazzWeek radio charts. Fans of the group include international superstars Rodrigo y Gabriella who have recorded and performed with Alex and Metallica's Robert Trujillo, who joined the band for an impromptu jam at Radio City Music Hall. The trio's latest album, Veritas, reached the Top Ten of the iTunes jazz charts at no.7, positioned between Dave Brubeck and Esperanza Spalding, and is released via the esteemed jazz label, Palmetto Records. In October 2007, the Alex Skolnick Trio were a support act to Rodrigo y Gabriela on the US East Coast. In 2009, Skolnick featured a guitar solo on 'Atman' for Rodrigo y Gabriela's studio hit album 11:11. The Alex Skolnick Trio was also the main support band on Rodrigo Y Gabriela's consecutive European and US tour in 2010, including five sold-out nights in London. Alex released a 3 DVD Jazz tuition set with Rock House Method in May 2010. Skolnick appears on "What's Next?" - a jazz duo album by pianist-composer Randy Klein released in October 2012.
Alex has also been active in blending music with works of art and literature. In 2007, he contributed a solo for Egyptian artist Nader Sadek's project, "Faceless." The song was only to be heard in an art gallery in New York. In 2012, he performed live at the Feature Inc Gallery in New York, for a musical interpretation project for the works of visual artist Douglas Melini. He is currently working on a musical spoken-word project "The Bestiary" with author Bradford Morrow. He also has an upcoming World Music-Art-Ecology-Architecture project Planetary Coalition which was kick-started at Union Square in June 2012, at the annual Make Music New York Festival, sponsored by Guitar World Magazine. For the Union Square performance of Planetary Coalition, Alex formed a consortium with violinist Rachel Golub and the members of House of Waters to combine jazz with various world-music styles.
In the spring of 2005, Alex Skolnick and the rest of the classic Testament lineup reunited for a short European tour (10 Days of May Tour), with some American dates appended on. The tour was successful and a CD/DVD release was put together from the May 8, 2005 London show. On April 29, 2008, Testament released their first studio album in nine years, Formation of Damnation. Alex and Testament finished work on a new studio album, entitled Dark Roots of Earth, released on July 27, 2012. The album debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard Top 200 and debuted at No.1 on Billboard Hard Rock and Rock albums. It was no. 9 on the World Charts.
Skolnick has composed music for the USA Network's broadcast of the 2002 Westminster Dog Show (a big band jazz piece), and the MTV series "Makin' The Band." He played one of the solos of the song, "Ashes of the wake," of Lamb of God with Chris Poland, formerly of Megadeth. For the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic Hockey on NBC Networks Skolnick performed the music for NBC's television commercial. He has appeared as the guest guitarist on That Metal Show hosted by Eddie Trunk in episodes featuring Lars Ulrich and Sammy Hagar. Until 2009, Skolnick also toured as a lead guitarist with the East Coast set of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in the winter months. In 2010, Alex Skolnick became a producer for the Iraqi Thrash Metal Band Acrassicauda which was the subject of the critically acclaimed documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad. He has been recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Musicians Institute, Hollywood, California.
Raised in the Bay Area, he now considers Brooklyn, New York his home. The silver streak in his hair is natural, and appeared at age fourteen. He is also a writer, penning a popular blog, "SkolNotes" (featured on Alltop.com) and is a frequent contributor to Guitar Player Magazine online. His first book "Geek to Guitar Hero", a memoir, which he wrote between 2009 to 2011, was released in January 2013. He made the announcement of the book on Sirius XM Radio during the New York Comic Con in October 2012. The book has received positive reviews from authors Bradford Morrow, Anothony Bozza, Ned Vizzini, Guitar World Magazine's Editor-in-Chief Brad Tolinski and The Village Voice, among others.
Skolnick now plays ESP Guitars electric and Godin hollow-bodied models with Seymour Duncan pickups. He formerly played Heritage and Ibanez guitars.
In 2009 Heritage released Alex's first signature guitar. His signature is a solid body based upon the H 150/157 model. In his early years with Testament he endorsed Ibanez guitars and mainly played the 540SLTD model. For amplification, he uses Budda amps and several Marshall amps including the discontinued Marshall ModeFour hybrid amps.
In 2013, Budda released a signature amp for Skolnick, called the Preceptor, and later in the same year it was announced that Skolnick was signed to ESP guitars, with an ESP and LTD model in the works for 2014.


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Orthodox Nativity celebration focuses more on the spiritual
As Orthodox Catholics around the Alle-Kiski Valley celebrate Christmas today, the focus is on the religious holiday, not the secular aspects also connected to Dec. 25.
Orthodox Catholics follow the Julian Calendar, the calendar used by all Christians until the Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582.
"Mainly Orthodox Catholics of Ukrainian, Serbian and 'Old Russian' origins celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7," said Father Mark Swindle, preparing Holy Virgin Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in Arnold, for Christmas Eve services.
Swindle said he expected about 50 people to gather at the church for last night's Christmas Eve -- or Grand Compline -- services, and about 100 more for Christmas Day -- or Divine Liturgy -- services at 10 this morning.
Father Alexander Poshyvajlo, of St. Michael Orthodox Church in West Deer, said that despite the difference in dates, the point of Orthodox Christmas is no different than that of Western Christian churches.
"We celebrate the nativity of the Lord," said Poshyvajlo, a Ukrainian immigrant, standing inside the church, established more than eight decades ago. "Christ's birth should be celebrated every day, not just today. It is the single greatest miracle in the history of mankind."
Poshyvajlo said he expected more than 50 people to fill the tiny church for today's 10 a.m. Christmas service.
Swindle said Orthodox Catholics prepare for Christmas by fasting from meat and dairy products for 40 days.
"Christmas is when we celebrate," he said. "We feast and party, and we have a good time."
Homer Kliene, a parishioner and reader at Holy Virgin, said he likes celebrating Christmas 13 days after a majority of other Christian denominations.
"It's not as commercial," he said. "This is strictly religious. It starts the beginning of our religious year."
Kliene, who said he was raised as a Lutheran but converted to Ukrainian Orthodox when he married his wife, recently helped restore some of the 85-year-old church's artwork.
"It's a small church, but it's a beautiful church, especially this time of year," he said, standing in the church among stunning wall paintings of Jesus and other religious symbols. "When I think of all the prayers said here, it's amazing."
Swindle said he likes that Orthodox Catholics still use the Julian Calendar.
"It's closer to our heritage by keeping the old calendar," he said. "God knew what he was doing back then.
"That's why we follow it."
Why some Christians celebrate Christmas today
The Julian Calendar was introduced in 46 B.C. by Julius Caesar in an effort to bring uniformity to the process of counting days, months and years throughout the sprawling Roman Empire.
Although it was an improvement over the Roman Calendar -- which was difficult to follow since it was reset with the reign of every new emperor -- the Julian Calendar still contains an error of one day every 128 years, meaning the day for Christmas will continue to drift.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced what became known as the Gregorian Calendar. In predominantly Catholic countries, such as Italy and Spain, the Gregorian calendar gained relatively quick acceptance. For non-Catholic nations, such as Britain and its empire, acceptance of a Catholic invention would not take place until 1752.
And in Eastern Europe, with its close ties to the Orthodox Church, acceptance of the Gregorian Calendar took even longer. Russia, for example, continued to use the Julian system until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
The last European country to adopt the Gregorian Calendar was Greece, in 1923.
While countries may have adopted the Gregorian system, none of the Eastern national churches adopted it. Instead, many adopted a revised Julian Calendar, which dropped 13 days in 1923, and kept the Julian and Gregorian leap years in sync until 2800.
These so-called New Calendarists include the Orthodox churches of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland, all of which celebrate the nativity on Dec. 25.
The Old Calendarists, including the Orthodox churches of Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and Jerusalem, continue to use the Julian calendar, on which Dec. 25 falls on Jan. 7 of the Gregorian Calendar.
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Carry what you need without carrying it.
Fizik makes our best selling saddles -- the Aliante and the Arione. It makes perfect sense, of course, that they'd show the same artistry and the same balance of style and function in designing a saddle bag. Fizik's bags have sleek, rounded lines that flow flawlessly into the bottom of their saddles. They're water resistant all the way down to the zipper, they offer nice reflectivity, and they have a tight taillight-holding strap that won't let your taillight droop once you clip it on. One neat detail is that the bag is silver on the inside so you can actually see what's inside your bag.
The Fizik bag is available in two sizes -- we consider them Small and Medium. The Small version is 13 x 6 x 6cm, and the Medium is 15 x 9 x 8cm. Both can fit your bare essentials -- tube, a tire lever, one CO2 and a CO2 head. The Medium one has the advantage, though, of having room for a small multi-tool or a set of keys.
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Arbie N
I'm not one who's overly concerned about bike weight, so I decided to this pouch would work to carry all the necessary items. Its small, but I was able to cram everything in there.
I was able to fit a 27.5 tube and 2 CO2 canisters inside and on the outside I have the CO2 nozzle (applicator) and a tire lever attached to it.
The velcro seems to be holding pretty well, but I put a ski strap around it, just for some added support/bracing.
I think I may upgrade to a bigger one in the near future.
dig it
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
First, Im not a weight weenie. I dont stress about grams.
Its a small pack. It carries a tube (road), levers, a CO2 and small tool thing. It works well for that.
I havent had issues with the velcro, but, I ran a very small bit of electrical tape around the velcro, laterally, so that there is no way in heck it can come undone unless I want it to. (Ive had too many saddle packs come off on rides, so I dont risk it anymore.
Yeah, the tape adds a gram or two, but I dont care. If its stupid and it works, it isnt stupid.
Ian Matteson
Perfect for the Essentials
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
I purchased the small and it is perfect for 1 road bike tube, 1 C02, a tire lever, and one small wrench. This is all I could ever see using this for as anything more you'll need to go up a size. Easy to attach and stays secure while riding!
Good pack for my cross bike
- Gender:Male
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
I use this on my cross bike that I use for gravel riding. It works just fine. Fits a 700x35 tube, my tire levers, and a multi-tool no problem. I've been using this for the past four months with no issues. Secures nicely on my saddle & seat post with little movement.
Looking at the other reviews, it looks like some people are having issues with the Velcro. I haven't had the issue with mine.
Good, but still not satisfied
- Familiarity:I've used it several times
I purchased this bag since I had been using a smaller lezyne bag and needed some more storage space. I have the medium can only fit one spare tube, tire levers, some cash and that's pretty much it. I can not make my cell phone fit which I prefer to have with me when going on longer rides. Maybe there's some tetris formation of these items I haven't figured out yet, but it seems I'm still in need of a larger bag.
Bill Brown
Stylish, and practical but I can't use!!
- Gender:Male
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
I must admit that in a world of black bags this one caught my attention. Turns out it looks great and is also functional. I have the medium and easily have room for spare tube, inflator head, two CO2 cartridges, tire levers, multi-tool and room left over for an ID and a few bucks. That's everything I need on a ride-why pay $thousands for a light weight bike and then load it down with useless stuff??
Update: See the velcro strap that holds the bag to the seat rails-it's curled outward. It has ruined two NEW pair of bib shorts that cost $250! Picked the fabric badly where this strap caught inside right leg. Can't recommend.
Sounds like you may have too big a bag for what you have in it, rendering the Velcro strap too long. Maybe you need a small bag for what you carry.
I had the same thing happen to me. This bag also ruined two pairs of my shorts before I realized the curled out velcro was grabbing my inner thigh. Since then I bought two new pairs of shorts but am too cheap for a new bag. I twisted the strap so the velcro is on the inside. It's a pain, but so far no holey thighs. Would not recommend this bag.
Steve Brain
Needs wider velcro
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
Bought this pack after breaking two ICS clip packs. It seems really good, but over the weekend I had two incidents of it un-velcroing itself and dropping down onto the wheel. First time was on my road bike and second time on my mountain bike. I bought the same pack twice - once for each bike, and the issue applied to both.
Suda Castelli
Awesome bag
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
Great bike I have 2 of them and some friends have them as we'll. the medium will fit a mountain bike tube and your tools. A small will fit your tools but not a mountain bike tube as well.
Matthew Van Wagner
Road pack
I use this for my road bike and it's a good bag. I have the medium, which is able to fit 2 tubes, my phone, and credit cards.
Brendan Quirk
Velcro is where it's at
I tried the ICS clip version of this. Twice. But if you ride rough enough roads or trails, the clip can't hold & ejects the bag. This velcro version is much more secure. The medium size can hold everything you need for super-serious riding. Big enough without being too big. Give it a shot.
Matthew Van Wagner
definitely agree, the velcro is where it's at
Matthew Van Wagner
backtracking... velcro is not where it's at when you saddle bag rips off somewhere in little cottonwood canyon and is never heard from again.
Good bag. Poor seatpost strap design
This saddle bag was big enough (ordered a M) to fit two tubes, two CO2 cartigages and valve, a Soma multitool, 3 tire levers, cardboard and hand wipes. Nice looking and a cool shape but the strap that wraps around the seat post doesn't lay flat (velcro) creating an abrasive surface that rubbed my shorts, in turn snagging them. No matter how many times I tried to flatten it during the ride it still flipped up. $190 shorts compared to $20 bag. Definitly returning it.
Will the seat post strap fit around a flat...
Will the seat post strap fit around a flat carbon TT bike seat post? Thanks
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Michael P.
Looking to hold (1) tube, (2) C02 with...
Looking to hold (1) tube, (2) C02 with inflater, iphone, and tire levers. Is this big enough?
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Lance D.
Smaller than I thought
This is a little smaller than I thought. I am able to cram two tubes, a tire lever, a gel pack, my iphone, and some cash in but it is really tight. If space is a huge issue get the medium which is slightly larger and will be a lot better for you.
Dave Kolosek
Nice saddle bag
I'm happy with its size - I'm able to get a Blackberry Tour, 3 tire levers, spare tire, co2 cartridge and a gel pack inside
Robin C.
That is exactly what I have crammed in there. Minus a gel pack.... It is tight though. Maybe my iphone is a little bigger. I would like a little more room but not thrilled about getting a wedge too much more bulk.


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ulng - The u language
A minimal computer language I wrote in June of 2010 to play around with a stack-based virtual machine (kind of). The output is very verbose and the only part that works right now is the interpreter - the compiler and the VM are not implemented, but the interpreter works fine :)
There are also some example programs that ship with the
source release, notably the
counter.ul app
which lets the user enter a number and the program will
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another value and output it as well (wow!).
Instruction set (version 0.1)
typedef enum { XXX = 0, NOP, /* no operation */ PSH, /* push <arg> */ POP, /* pop */ ADD, /* add */ MUL, /* multiply */ NEG, /* negate */ NOT, /* logical inversion */ DUP, /* duplicate */ XCH, /* exchange */ PRN, /* print */ INP, /* input */ CAL, /* call subroutine by name <arg> */ JMP, /* jump to label <arg> */ SIZ, /* skip instruction if zero */ ENT, /* enter function with variables: <arg> */ LVE, /* leave function, no return value */ RET, /* leave function, push top-of-stack to caller's stack */ LOA, /* load from local variable <arg> (zero-based) */ STO, /* store in local variable <arg> (zero-based) */ LAR, /* load argument <arg> (zero-based) */ PAR, /* pop <arg> (count) arguments from caller's stack */ EXI, OP_COUNT, } Op;
Version 0.1 is the first and initial release. Its code has been written between 2010-06-16 and 2010-06-19, but it has only been published since December 2010.
- ulng-0.1.tar.gz (released 2010-12-07)
Lots. What I'd like to see in a future version should I ever happen to come around and implement it:
- ASCII characters (put character, ...)
- Strings (save string, print string, ...)
- Interactive interpreter mode
- Calling of C library functions by name
- Simple graphics output or curses


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ere we are at the final step of "Selecting Eighth Edition": the basic land art. (The flavor text winners are going through editing, and we'll have them next week.)
For each of the five basic lands, you get to select four pieces of art from those provided. The four highest-scoring pieces will be those used in Eighth Edition. It's that simple.
The number of options varies from land to land. The available choices were nominated by our art and creative departments. Promotional lands were not used so that they would retain their "specialness." Similarly, the art contracts from Magic's early years prevent us from reusing any art from before Mirage. Other images were eliminated because they were too environment-specific as opposed to having the more "general" feel a base set should have.
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ATLANTA — The Portland Trail Blazers held shootaround this morning at Phillips Arena in preparation for tonight's game versus the Hawks in Atlanta (tipoff at 4:30 PM on CSNNW and 620 AM). Some notes …
— After missing the last seven games with a lower back contusion, Trail Blazers power forward will play and start in Thursday night's game.
"It's still not normal but hopefully by tonight I'll be used to it," said Aldridge. "I'll be fine. We'll see what happens tonight, how I run and how I look."
Aldridge is not 100 percent (though few players are this time of year), but that he and the training staff have done everything thing they can do to get the injury right, so he feels the time is right to give it a go.
"I want to come back because I've been out for so long," said Aldridge. "I didn't think it was going to take this long but backs are a very sensitive area to injury. It's taken longer, we've exhausted every treatment, every option to rehab it, so I'm just going to try it out."
The specific issue is running, which Aldridge hasn't done much of since taking a hard fall in a loss to the Spurs on March 12 in San Antonio. He played three-on-three yesterday for the first time since the injury and still experienced lingering pain when getting up and down, but he's hopeful it will be manageable once he gets back in game situations.
"When you have discomfort you can't really put a number on it," said Aldridge when asked about how much he expects to play. "It's about going out there and just seeing how it goes as it goes. Hopefully I feel great. Once I'm in the competitive atmosphere maybe I just forget about it."
"I thought (Aldridge) looked good yesterday," said Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts. "I think he got better as we played three-on-three and I thought, as the games went on, he looked more and more comfortable."
While his main impetus for returning is feeling healthy enough to do so, Aldridge said that seeing the Trail Blazers struggle while teams behind them in the standings are surging did have an impact on his desire to play Thursday night.
"It's just me wanted to play again," said Aldridge. "We've got 10 games left and the way we are in the standings makes me want to come back faster, want to try to get things back on track. That has a part in it, but again, we've tried to treat my back every way possible, so it's time to just see how it is."
— Speaking of standings, despite having lost eight of their last 11 games, the Trail Blazers still remain in fifth place in the Western Conference, which has been mostly unchanged since the beginning of March. Their hold on the fifth seed is much more tenuous than it was a few weeks ago, so much so that they are now just two games from falling out of the playoffs completely, which has made scoreboard watching a more harrowing experience.
"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't (watching the standings)," said Aldridge. "I think everybody in here is watching the standings. Your moms is probably watching the standings and your grandma is probably watching the standings. I am … We've had some luck on our side and now it's just time to get back on track."
And while it's certainly not a bad thing to pay attention to the standings, winning a significant number of their last 10 games would make the exercise much less nerve-wrecking.
"I watch," said Lillard. "I watched the Memphis game last night. It's not really about watching other people; I think we still control what we want to do. All we've got to do is handle our business and there's not really anything anybody can do about that. Let's win games. We focus on ourselves, we can make that happen."
— The Trail Blazers are 3-4 since Aldridge has been injured, and while it's not as if his return is going to solve all of the problems Portland has experienced recently, there's no team in the NBA that wouldn't play better without their best player on the court.
"I definitely had a chance to watch but it's not the same if I'm not playing," said Aldridge. "I'm not trying to be arrogant, but our offense just flows a little bit different when I'm out there. It's hard to really assess it when I'm not playing. But I think everybody is definitely looking in the mirror right now, trying to figure out what they can do better."
Aldridge's ability to draw double teams and the calming effect he often times has on Portland's offense will be welcomed from his teammates, but they also know that they need to change their mentality when it comes to playing all 48 minutes.
"Everything has been in spurts lately," said Damian Lillard. "We have a good offensive stretch then a good defensive stretch with it and then we'll get like a six or seven point lead. Then there will be a drop off and the other team will take a five point lead. Then we'll cut it to two, then take a two-point lead instead of us just getting a team down by eight. They call that timeout and we don't lock in and try to get the led to 15 and just hold them down. We've just been relaxing. Teams have been taking advantage of that."


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350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
Trying to help my father-in-law out on his engine.
His 350 - kb pistons (hypers), summit cam (224/234@.050"), stock 882 heads with z28 springs, 6-71 blower (6% overdriven) and 2 out of the box eddy carbs 750cfm and just to add his old school ways of just a plain jane points distributor- just didn't make it down the track, he broke 4 pistons and cracked the block. He got 2 passes out of this combo before it really sounded like crap, of course it never sounded good going down the track first time spitted and popping. e.t. 13.5 102mph
His new combo, fresh block, same crank and rods with new pistons speed pro 21.10 dish pistons .030 over, howard solid FT cam 262/274 @.050", dart aluminum pro 1 heads (180cc runners 72cc chamber complete heads) and maybe re-adjust blower speed.
here are his parts
he already bought the heads, pistons, cam and lifters.
this is in the vw bug with a 4 speed behind it. he spent over 25,000 to build this car
and he really wants some help this time out on the engine.
I figure his head and piston combo should put him about 7.9 to 1 he is using some mls head gaskets that are .040" thick. and about .020 down the hole (guess).
what should he be spinning the blower at?
what about fuel?
spark? trying to get him away from that points dist.
what would his dynamic compression be?
any info I could pass on to him would help, maybe I can print and show him as well so he doesn't think I'm out of my mind for trying to steer him in the right direction, I would have to edit this part, I tried to tell him first time, but he was the wiser one and I didn't know nothing "back in the day this is how we ran it" now that he has a pile of broken parts he told me he can't afford to do this every other week and asked me what I thought.
What about ring gap? bearing clearence? If he sees others recommending things to do he will be more apt to apply them. And it's just not coming from ME.
thanks for any help.
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Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
BDS has a ton of good info on their web site http://www.blowerdriveservice.com/
Bill Koustenis
Advanced Automotive Machine
Waldorf Md
1971 Heavy Chevy - original owner
1984 Buick Riviera - original owner (Wife's car)
Team Chevelle #100
Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
go to www.bigalstoybox.com give Al a call, real nice guy, he can answer all questions
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Comp hyd roller 232@050 578 lift 106 lc
Edelbrock aluminum heads, 2.25 & 1.89 valves, BG 850 double pumper, Air gap intake, Jeep steering box, hydroboost, 4 wheel disc brakes
M21 4 speed, 12 bolt, Yukon Duragrip posi, 3.73 gears
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Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
Fuel? Fuel is everything...he needs to decide what he wants to run (pump gas,race gas,alcohol). That can dictate everything else (boost level, timing,). If he goes with primium pump gas with almost 8:1 I wouldn't go any more than 10 psi boost. Race gas might sound good but even though you can boost higher because of the octane, you are still heating the charge more. You probably wouldn't effectivly spin the blower to get more than 17-18 psi before heating the charge to the point where the adiabatic efficientcy is in the toilet. In which case you need alcohol, or nitrous, or run a bigger blower...
Other than that...run a bigger ring gap. Go with the manufacturers recommendation. Err on the side of wide...things get hot rings get bigger-cylider holes don't.
Bearing clearences should be a little bigger. More important is using a good bearing that is designed more specifically for blower applications.
Just remind him that "back in the day" doesn't fly today. There are a lot of street cars 'today' that could wax the top performers of "back in the day"...Have fun with it!!
Don't let fear and common sense stand in the way of MORE POWER!
1970 Chevelle, 8-71 blown/nitrous 460 BBC,
I do NOT condone street racing Burn-outs are different!
Dyno run on pump gas.1072hp!
Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
I can help. I was bitting my lip when I read the parts list of the first motor.. At 6% overdriven.. it did exactly what one would expect.. who knows what the timing was, and he had way too much boost on cast pistons. Those eddy carbs will work but need tweaking for a blower (you can't use their jetting out of the box), and those Z28 valve springs are way, way to weak on the seat to hold the boost and will hang the valves open resulting in an intake explosion.
He is already starting to make big mistakes with his new engine and needs serious guidance. His new combo should have bigger heads.. 180cc is a bit small for that blown SBC.. he should go with 195-200cc runners at the least for the 355ci. You can return them to Summit. Stop with that cam.. it is way way too big (unless this is a track only car) and you are trying to use it together with a small head.. doesn't make any sense.. he should go with a solid flat tappet with a 230-234 intake, 240-246 exhaust at .050 duration cam with 112-114 LSA. Use EDM lifters, please!, and break in carefully with the right oil. For that solid flat tappet, use 130-140lbs seat and not more than 360lbs open pressure. Be anal about these valve spring pressures.. a little too little, a little too much and you will be sorry one way or another with that blower motor. The springs on the heads he just bought cant even handle the lift of the cam he just bought. He is cutting way too many corners here that will cost him more money and misery in the end. A cheap 4340 forged Scat crank and H-beam rod would have been better. I wouldnt push more than 7lbs boost on the cast crank.
I dont know how tight his blower is but an average 6-71 at 6% overdrive on a 350ci engine will put you at 17.1lbs boost!! The engine was probably a higher compression all cast stocker and this suggests that advice is sorely needed before another gross blunder. He should start at 16% underdrive and not spin faster than 14% underdrive and not exceed 10lbs boost without more investment in the lower end. Actually I would advise he keep it to 8 lbs boots with 93 octane sunoco or the like
I have carb settings for those exact Eddy 750 carbs posted somewhere on this site that you should refer too as I used them on my blown 6-71 355ci.
Just make sure your static compression is ~8:1 or less.. I think you will be in the ball park with 72cc chambers and the 21cc dish pistons... that's about 7.9:1 compression.
Go for a Mallory pointless distributor (no vacuum advance) and proper ignition. Set initial timing at 18-20 degrees and do not exceed 32* total timing until you get a better handle on what you are doing and invest in an all forged lower end.
What fuel pump and fuel line size?? A mechanical will work fine here.
4 bolt main? using studs on the mains?
What oil pump?
You will want 1.75" primary tube headers.
If you PM me, I will guide you through this.
1973 RS Z28: 401ci Dart Little M, Littlefield 8-71 supercharger @14lbs boost, Callies Magnum crankshaft, Lunati Pro-Mod rods, JE pistons, 7.8:1 compression, AFR 227 Comp heads, T&D 1.6 shaft rockers. Reed solid FT cam (240/250@.050, .523/.542 lift, 112 LSA), QFT 750 carbs, Tremec TKO-500, Lemons headers, Moser 12 bolt, 33 spline axles & 3.42 gears
Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
Good post.
Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
first thing he needs to do is get the blower 10-15% underdriven-cam is huge, prob way out of a useful RPM
not sure what hes trying to accomplish with this thing, lol
i would get it into a more boost friendly RPM, esp with the parts he has
ring gaps need to be opened up per manf. specs, timing your gonna want to start out low and work up, good ign, maybe even a boost retard-i have used the Edelbrocks with good
results, but you kind of have to know how they work to make them work, lol
if he likes old school, i have a Vertex mag, lol
get the balancer with the proper press fit to the crank-i hope its an aftermarket balancer
hard to change someones mind if their stuck on an idea, lol
when your credit cards are maxed, have the limits raised
Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
Lots of good advise here. IMO, the Pistons ruined the engine the first time around. Get a Real Blower piston. 6AL ignition box, and real blower carbs.
462 forged internals, Dart iron 308cc, Crower cam (Small 545 lift.) solid flat tappet, Weiand team G, Hooker comps, 565 hp/tq. All in a tight bundle of American steel called a 69 C-10.
Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
he will be reusing the crank, since it is double keyed and forged and rods. he bought those forged pistons posted above in the parts list.
He built his own headers, since this was a custom VW build, not sure on the size.
he uses a fuel cell and electric pump and i believe 3/8" fuel line
his new pistons should put him around 7.9 to 1
he has the pulleys to get 12% underdriven thats the ones that came with the blower new. after a few passes and engine plugs damaged he thought he need more boost to fix the problem, so he installed the 6% overdrive pulleys.
he now says he's not married to the % , he said he would buy new pulleys to make it right if needed.
Anything I can scrap up from anyones personel experience or even anyones combo that working good for them that would be close to what he is trying to do would help,
I told him holley's when he started this project, I have the tuning parts everywhere and I know how to tune them. He should already know that since i run a tunnel ram on the street that super smooth.
His response, I shouldn't have to tune, I spend that much on carbs they need to work out of the box, so I'm getting eddy's, I don't have to do nothing with them.
I told him a nice set of aluminum heads in the beginning about 200cc.
His reply, this is a blower motor you don't need fancy heads , you are pushing air thru them, if you need more air to go thru just crank up the blower speed more those other heads are just a waste of money.
i told him about nice dist. with msd box of some sort.
You don't need those, back in the day all we had was points, nothing has changed since. if they ran with points back then it will run with points today.
I came to a point I gave up and I stopped going to his house to help, He would not take any advice and now I see him struggling to try and get this VW down the track and my heart goes out to him, he has spent lots of money, but stuck in his old ways and this is a PURE RACE CAR built from ground up
So it seems he is kinda taking advice and I'm trying to get him as much info as I can.
He is kinda set on the HOWARDS cam, his heads are good for 520 lift and the cam is .488/.510 net after you subtract the lash off the GROSS lift.
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Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
doesn't sound like he's taking ANY advice at all......if he can't accept that there's been HUGE advancement over the years then your wasting your time....nice try and good effort but sometimes you can't fix xxxxxx......no dis-respect intended
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Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
"...and he really wants some help this time out on the engine."
From what you just posted it doesn't really sound like it. There's some really good info here from those that have successful blown combinations. He can't approach a blower engine like an N/A one, simple as that. Carbs will rarely work perfect out of the box. Ignition has to produce a top-notch spark at the correct timing. Cam are very specific in design. Plus, you can often get away with larger than normal runners, not the other way around. In addition to the websites and articles listed above, have him take a look at the "Street Supercharging" book a lot of us started out with and I still use as a reference.
"You're not afraid of a little mouse, are you?!"
'69 Chevelle, blown 355
'30 Ford Coupe, blown 468
Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
re the heads comment.. blower motors allow a few minor mismatches but this is a bit much. bust on your guage measures the what is backed up in the intake. small port hads will see boost in the intake tall of which is not making it through the ports. this is plain leaving easy performance on the table. 180cc and 200cc heads cost the same, but the 180 cc heads come with puny valve springs I bet.
1973 RS Z28: 401ci Dart Little M, Littlefield 8-71 supercharger @14lbs boost, Callies Magnum crankshaft, Lunati Pro-Mod rods, JE pistons, 7.8:1 compression, AFR 227 Comp heads, T&D 1.6 shaft rockers. Reed solid FT cam (240/250@.050, .523/.542 lift, 112 LSA), QFT 750 carbs, Tremec TKO-500, Lemons headers, Moser 12 bolt, 33 spline axles & 3.42 gears
Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
I read this thread when it was first posted, started to respond and then though to myself "why?". It takes a lot of effort and thought to post a detailed reply and 9 times out of 10 people don't want to listen. You have had several experienced guys suggest a better or correct way to build a blown engine. You can't just throw these things together without planning and thought or you end up with a bunch of broken parts (as you now know). That first engine was a granade with the pin pulled.
Don't take this wrong I am not bashing the OP (original poster). You need to have your father read this thread. There is a lot of knowledgable blower guys that would love to help out but, only if the advice is going to be followed.
One other suggestion, find one of the guys on this board you want to listen to and follow his advice to a T. Do not take a little advice from each guy and make your own recipe or you may be sorry (again).
I also suggest ditching the Eddy carbs, even when tuned they are not going to compare to a properly tuned Holley in a blower application.
Good luck.
Royce (NO XQSSS) Bradley
Short Video w/sound Blown SBC 1961 Skylark, Borla mufflers and 3 1/2" exhaust.
Re: 350 6-71 blower motor rebuild, I could use some advice.
Sorry, but he followed his own advice the first time around and built an expensive grenade. Time to listen to what these guys are trying to tell him or another explosion is imminent.
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