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

Here's my 32 Ford Pickup in 1960 with a 292 Y Block, 3 Deuces and Headers.
Should have kept this one!
HemiDeuce.

 

272 with open headers, 292 with twin turbos, 292 with single turbo.
The last one is not a prety sight, but it works! 630 Nm / 2600 rpm and 330 Hp/ 5200 rpm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yFwrPj8SnU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUAo6mqGrII&feature=related

 

Not much to look at yet, but it's comming along. It's a '30 Model A pickup, unchopped with a 4" channel. Reversed firewall for clearance, and motor raised up for future access to the oil filter. Running a '59 Edsel 292 with an Edsel Mile-O-Matic trans. Not sure if I'm going to use my 3x2 intake, 6x2 intake or finish working on my blower intake.

 

I like it. You could get a BIG Truck oil filter adapter that put the filter at a right angle if you need more clearance.

 

I didn't know something like that existed! Anybody have one they"ll part with?

 

Gorgeous motors!

 

If you can find a copy of the original instruction sheet for a Hurst motor mount they had a smaller (shorter) filter listed by part number too

 

Replaced my dummy set-up block with a real motor... I might need the shorter one too... I wanted to use the 57 canister insteed of the spin on but it looks tight http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=431579

 

If you're using a spin-on adapter it should take a Motorcraft FL1A filter. But if you need a shorter one, try a M/C FL300, same filter just shorter. If you want or have space for one with more capacity the FL299s should work; they were/are used primarily on truck engines/school busses etc. I'm pretty sure all 3 have the same threads and sealing surface. The Motorcraft #s should easily cross ref to other brand filter #s.

 

That's too nice of a motor not to be running in something

 

The Y block was pretty,and also a very strong runner.The late 50's and early 60's had them selling very cheap.A lot of intakes and headers were easy come by also. I had Y blocks for years. Olds and Caddy were hard to beat,but Occasionally I could . The Buick's had lots of torque,but the trans would slip after a few runs.Great memories of some very fast rides in the Y block Fords. Dual exhausts were a must.

 

I finnally bought a offy 6x2 manifolf for my 292 thats going in my T. I will post pics in a bit.

 

I'm building a 40's style roadster with a 312 and would love to know of any lake, dirt track, or early drag history... seems to be a lot with orig eqipped 50's cars but its seems the early racers went form flatties to FE's... in info appreciated
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My 292 from a 62 f600 fire truck i got for
free. Tock of the pan and valve covers
was so clean inside cant have ben run
many hours Its backed up by a toploader
used the bellhousing from a 56 car engine
the truck presure plate and 11inch macleod
disc had to short the input shaft abut 1/4"
the part that go in the suport bearing in the crank

Got a 4/71 blower to put on it
going to modify a stock 4 barel
intake and v belt drive

P.S not a rat rod just asembled
for testdrive dissasembled for
crome paint and upholstry now D.S

 

WINNER!!!!!!

 

Tonight's progress

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

 

The Y in my 57


and one I had in it for awhile

 

Whoa.. which Stock 4 barrel are you modifying? the 62 trucks (even the big one's that i know of) didn't come with 4 barrels.. if it's a later Holley style manifold you don't wanna do that

 

Factory 56 Cad El D dual fours on Ford intake http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=431579

 

Has a date with this later in the year

 

******knuckle
its a 57 fourbarell holley style.Why i dont wana do that?

 

If it's the one in the picture that looks like a Holley Two barrel...

 

no its not the one in the picture that is a 2 barrel ford
the fourbarrel intake was on a 57 312 i got for free

 

here's my heep.

 

need more time

 

For those of us who drive on the 'right' side of the road... How are you dealing with exhaust/clutch/oil/steering all wanting to be in the same 1sq foot of space. My brother is struggling with this issue at the moment and it looks like a remote oil filter will be required as well as headers/manifolds that dump further forward? Also, no one has mentioned that the engine wants to be offset in order to centre the fan... Could it be because the factory had similar issues?

Cool stuff here by the way..!

-Dave

 

Should have mentioned: It's a 292 going into a Deuce frame with F1 steering box....



-Dave

 

If standard oil filter is too long, try one swedish Volvo B18 four cylinder engine filter. It's shorter and has same threads. Works for me thought .

 

*****in!

 

I really wish that the chucklehead that I bought my car from would have left the Y-Block where it belonged, they are beautiful engines.