Y Blocks in Hot Rods---Lets see em'

they ain't pretty yet but we're gonna see if we can make one good screamer out of the two of these

 

I love the sound of Y-block’s

Lars

 

Y-block in my duece pickup,induction works good,but not the best for max power....

 

Owned this bucket about 25 years ago. Ran a 272 with home made intake and 6 x2's

Had the wildest heads I have ever seen. The centre divider on the intake ports had been removed. They came off a race boat. Ran a 4 speed.

That thing was fast. Sold it in a moment of weakness.

It also ran twin sidedraft webers on a home made tunnel ram at one stage. I spent a fortune on those webers but it went much better with the 6 x 2's

I have some pics with the webers somewhere. I will post them when I find them.

 

What the hell heres my 55 LYB 341ci backed by t-5. I love this motor,runs and sounds killer.http://

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/Tim24Ford

This was one of the first fire ups. It now has Mercury covers on it and runs alot smoother. Great engines with tons of torque for sure.

Thank you,
Tim

 

The Lincoln rocker covers are bad ***.

 

I was amazed when I seen this car in Columbus, Marine intake? Very nice car..

 

so close to going in my 30 roadster. 292 full rebuild 30 over, fenton 3x2s, thunderbird covers, high ratio rockers and isky cam

another 292 with 3x2s on the floor there too

 

Here's some pics of my 51 Mercury coupe after the 312 has been fitted.







For those of you who have not seen the build of this coupe on the HAMB, here are the links.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=345525 Part 1

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=362784 Part 2

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=367347 Part 3

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=383188 Part 4

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=383227 Part 5

Hope you enjoy!

 

Dig the hell out of the Fenton exhaust manifolds...

 

i got a 55 merc and its riding in a 292 engine/ merc o matic trans. was wondering should i fix the old original, or just rip it out and throw in there a 350?

 

Here's ours.

 

Yank it and send it to me.

 

Chris, is this your project or someone elses? very cool regardless, I would love to see some more of it

 

Yes and f#@k NO!

 

I built it a few years ago, sold it a little more done from the pics shown a couple years ago. As far as I know, it is still not finished. That was my very first "hotrod"

 

....Im on my way ,I have a couple intake choices...

 

Here's my '55 Merc 292 in my '56 Fairlane. Need to work on the MERCURY lettering, an original '55/'56 Olds batwing-style aircleaner is being mod'd to fit on the 4100 carb, along with other stuff - it's in process but getting close:

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Here is the 312 we built for my wife's Fairlane. Old pictures - hope to have it on the road this summer, and by then it should be looking much better. - Speed

 

32 truck with 272..............

 

The T as in post #94. I found up an old photo album over Xmas.

First with the home made intake and twin Weber carbs. Cost me a fortune in tuning but never ran right.

I later cut up the intake and remade it as a six carb intake. Lot of work but it not only looked good it ran good as well.

Last pic shows the difference between the original heads and the modified heads. Note the complete removal of the centre divider. These heads also had bigger valves. They came off a race boat.

For an old Y Block that motor ran real strong. Had a lot of fun in that car.

 

I've twice ran this baby on 1500 mile road trips to TN and back to OH. Its in my 57 F100.



Later,Bill

 

292 in my '59 F-100

 

Heres the one thats in Doane Spencer's 57' Bird. This thing is BAD! {maybe someone can make these bigger for me... I havent quite made it to the advanced picture re-sizing course yet...}

 

Thumbnails are good, to see them bigger just click on them...

 

27 Roadster on Es*** rails, 312, 39 Lincoln trans w/ 48 gears, 36 rear w/ Halibrand Mag non quickchange center

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=431579

 

early shots from a year ago

 

CHEVY P/U...sometimes free can cost thousands...POP.