Ford 292 Y Block Pretty much Dropped in my lap, have some questions for yah!

I'm starting to get serious about ordering/buying parts for my 300 build and was discussing it with my great uncle (also a 56 f100 owner) who up and says I have a running 292 that you can have.

I've been reading on here about them for hours, found some ****** adapters and stuff, and found Mummerts Y Block website with parts. These are apparantly pretty expensive to rebuild, but I wouldn't be looking for a lot of performance as stock form has more than enough power and torque for me.

I have the following questions though:

Anyone ever fitted an Air coditioner up to one?

Are they gas hogs, or get decent mileage? (I'm going to put a T56 behind it)

Any good websites dedicated to parts for them besides Mummerts???

 

There's a whole list of good links on Tim McMaster's website. I'm pretty sure he's a member here. Check out the youtube videos as well. He has a ton of awesome info on y-blocks.

http://yblockguy.com/

 

There's a Y build @ www.webrodder.com

 

they dont like rpms haha

 

They make decent torque and a regular overhaul is no more expensive and any other motor. I get 18-19 MPG and run the hell out of it and I am sure you can detune one and possibly get more and with the transmission your talking about its very possible to get more MPG.

 

some good stuff on this site too.
http://www.y-blocksforever.com/