The 6 Cylinder Y-Block

I met Gary Piccolo on the 2011 Street Rodder Road Tour. Gary built this "Y-Block 6 Cyl." T last year and won an award for it at the 2013 Syracuse Nationals. The 6 cylinder Ford Y-Block is a long story. He'll be happy to tell it to you if you see him.

I'm not sayin'

 

Your gonna post something as unusual as a Y block 6 and just leave us hanging?,,,how did he do it? HRP

 

Looks like a Buick V-6 with cut-down Ford valve covers....

 

Possibly but Ford & Chevy offered V6's also.

I was/am curious if he actually modified a Y block. HRP

 

Dizzy in the front...

 

Ford V6

 

Whatever he did I like the old valve covers,. HRP

 

Looks like a bad photoshop job.

 

3.8 ford v6 from a t-bird,,,,had one I put in a ford ranger with an Lincoln automativ overdrive and it is not a y-block just a 45 degree v-block

 

So, what's the story?

 

Post #6 is the answer.

Cut-down Y-Block valve covers on a late-model V6. You can see the perimeter bolts that hold them on, in the picture.

No mystery here.

 

Prolly a 4.2. The 4.2 Ford V6 was basically a copy of the Buick 3.8. THey are actually very good engines.

 

Looked at the car at the show it's a 3.8/4.2 Mustang engine with narrowed y-block covers on adapters. Looked like a real nice car.

 

Lame....

 

Kinda miss leading but still a very nice car.

 

Best reply ever

 

even the dude looks photoshopped...bogus

 

Not sure about the dude, but the car is real (nice too) and the engine is a 3.8 Ford based engine. It's not HAMB but it's still a decent power plant that looks nice. Probably makes decent power for the car too.