Well. I hate to p!ss in everyone's corn flakes this morning, but when scrub introduced their SBC, they handed FORD their hats.

Sure the Y-BLOCK was competitive but look @ where the SBC went.

" There were no special Y-block truck blocks. Heavy-duty trucks with steel cranks used C1AE or C2AE blocks produced for both car and truck lines."

The last series blocks cast had special main web casting for particular use on the 292HD engine as this block would be used until the FT was introduced. The same casting was used on PASS CAR service as the 292 PASS CAR engine was being phased out and cost entered the picture. It was similar to FORD's later 105 391HD block casting being used in LT.

Now don't get me wrong, I am FORD TRUE AND BLUE, but you can only spread it so thick. This writer surely did. I am surprised it got past HOT ROD ... er ... HOT scrub MAGAZINE's review board.

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Charlie.  Excellent Classic Trucks article and pictures from the Hot Rod Network!  Many very good technical reminders to help in assembling a y-block IF you haven't put one together recently.  THANKS for posting this!  


NoShortcuts
a.k.a. Charlie Brown
near Syracuse, New York

Fixed it.


Lawrenceville, GA

Charlie.  I clicked the link you posted, but something must be incorrect.  The following banner came up . . .

ERROR 404 - Page not Found.

It appears the page you were looking for is either long gone, or no longer exists.


Thanks for all your postings and for being one of our Forum Moderators.  Much appreciated!  

NoShortcuts
a.k.a. Charlie Brown
near Syracuse, New York

Stumbled across this looking for something else.  https://www.hotrod.com/articles/build-reliable-powerful-ford-y-block/   Not a performance build but it looks like they actually did talk to people who know, first.
One thing that seemed ignorant to me is "The Ford Y-block is a stodgy old cast-iron American V-8 that has taken a lot of research and development to produce respectable horsepower and torque at the Engine Masters Challenge."  It is valid, but they make it sound as if all other engines were just power monsters right out of the gate and did not require any development, that they haven't had or needed the decades of development they actually have had.  The Y is just playing catch up.  That's a small gripe.  Seems to be a good article overall.


Lawrenceville, GA