how your doing on completeing the Yblock book you have mentioned on your site. I know you've been focusing on the heads and also more recently the new intake. Just wondered on that.

Unfortunately I can no longer work on it. I've read it so many times it puts me to sleep, literally. Also things have changed a great deal since it was started. The original format was a number of engine builds and info of well know current racers. But I found that most of the engine builds were almost the same. The power output was nearly identical in spite of engine size, compression and cam. 330-365HP despite widely varying specs. Of course this lead to the realization that we needed better intake manifolds and heads. You know the rest of that story.

With the hugh influx of new Y-Block fans the questions being asked have changed. Interchangability of parts is now the most common question. In 2000 most of the people that owned Y-Blocks had been around them for years and knew what would fit. Today a lot of people are buying old Fords and have never seen a Y-Block or are building a hotrod and come up with an old truck engine. They don't know what other parts are availble that might make the job easier such as a car bellhousing, T-Bird oil pan, different T-stat housing.

To cut to the chase, I need to consolidate the engine builds and add more interchangeability to make it more useful.

I wonder why they don't call the best health care plans "Y-Block Health Plans". Imagine what the taxes would be on those.

I need to cut down on the babble and be more concise with the book. Last count was 200 pages. The  printing cost would be more than most guys would want to pay for it.

I have to say that I have considered a Mac many times but I ended up with so many accessories that probably won't work with a Mac that it has stopped me. Actually when I bought my last computer, a Dell it didn't have an LPT or Serial port so I had to buy a new printer just to make it work. Cam Doctor wouldn't work. I bought a used PC just to have something with USB and the older ports too. That's the one I'm using to write this. My son got a lap top last Christmas with Vista to use with his new Flow Bench and ignition programer that have Serial port connections. No way that would work. He had to buy a used laptop to make things work.

 MS operating systems remind me of a parade float. Look good on the outside but there's a Model T underneath. XP is still pretty good, maybe 7 will finally get it right.

FWIW, I have dealt with a few printing companies because of my work in the pastorate and Christian Education. Pricing is always a concerng, but then again, we never wanted to sacrifice quality.

I highly suggest that you check out www.instantpublisher.com . They are printing 120 copies, HARDBACK, 8.5x11, FULL COLOR every page, yearbooks for us (as per our layout in pdf) for about $2500. They will send us a free, full color, just as it is to be printed, proof before anything is shippped in bulk, and the turnaround time for the proof is less than a week.

I just viewed a copy of their work this morning, and it looks the same as what you would see from a HIGH DOLLAR printing company. My yearbook advisor, who also runs his own business for professional graphic design, steered me towards this company. Our price with Jostens last year was roughly $6500 total for the same books, etc.

Maybe you could give them a try if you haven't already, just trying to help things out....

Jessup

I once paid $150.00 for a hard back book on camshafts but it had info I could never find anywhere else. I would like to see the final price of the Y-Block book in the $30 range. That shouldn't scare too many people away.

As far as advertising - I would be a non-commissioned salesman!!

Now if I can just sell some manifolds and cylinderheads I can finance the book.

So that's how capitalism works! Maybe I should tell somebody in Washington.