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I really shouldn't have to repeat myself so much...but I end up doing it a lot. One more thing: Does anyone know what kind of gear ratio was in...
The reason I came back to this post (If you look I left about three weeks between some of the posts) is that I bought the Y-Block with its truck...
I'm not so worried about souping up my engine, it has law enforcement heads (oversized exhaust valves and high capacity heads) bored to 332, with...
We get rain or snow on average 300 days per year. We also have a lot of scrap barges because there isn't a lot of real estate to devote to scrap...
If you go there, you ought to rate my pics, too.
Here are some pics (bear in mind, I don't have the engine in my grubby little hands yet, I still gotta pick it up); the reply on the site is me,...
Honestly, if no one has done it before that makes me want to do it even more.
I am interested, though, as to what transmission this comet has.
This would seem to be true based on what has transpired here, no? What I was asking was for was what Kustom Komet has given: The T-bolt Kit idea,...
This is actually something that's really interesting that I found out: The Y-Block is the exact same length as the Windsor. If I kept the stock...
This is true, but also is true that you could buy the 303 in an I6 car if you wanted. It wasn't done very often, but that's how mine came to be....
I'm going to post this diagram I've made, completely to scale. The only exception is that I don't have a carb on the Y Block, the height ends up...
I appreciate that in most cases you are all right, that there is no reason to do this swap--it's not exactly a bad idea, it's just that there are...
Let this be known that there is no vehicle registration required in rural alaska, and no emissions required at all. I must put my car on a boat...
Also, the bellhousing on later Y-blocks in not a concern, I have a special one that mates to the toploader which came in the fairlane, and clears...
You know, you'd think that falcon would be harder to put Y-block in, wouldn't you? I thought so, but I guess the compartment is shorter but wider...
This is true, FE's are easier to put into mid '60s Fairlanes. But it is also true that the Y-Block is a small block, the FE is a big block. If we...
I am also looking for a place that sells universal Y-Block mounts, you see those a lot for chevy small blocks and windsors, but the Y-Block is a...
I am using a 3.03 tranny (aka the toplading 3), and I know where to get an adapter to make my engine work with it. A problem that raises is that...
I have a '56 ford 312 Y-block that has been performance built, and a '63 Ford Fairlane. The Fairlane became it's own car (not a trim line) in '62,...
I thought of that, and yeah, that would be awesome (even more so than a Y-Block), but I can't get a Flathead, I can get a Y-Block for 300 bucks....
Ah, I happen to be a part of several communities specializing in the Y-Block, and a 1960 or 1961 falcon is a common but non original swap....
Thats an awesome old car, from an awesome old time.
I would also postulate the electrical system was so old in the caddy that it was just tired, two extra volts put it into a craze and made it work...
Howdy! I'm new here. I have gotten a lot of static and shame with this idea, but I'm sure it's a classic-style hot-rodding masterpiece. I've got...
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