Great news Ted, I would do anything I could to help, but its a little difficult as I am in China at the moment. I do have a roll master stashed away as I heard those got scarce for a while.

I like Yeeha Bills idea of a raffle and or maybe a donations box could be set up like is done for the Columbus awards, You got my $100.00.

Isn't Gerry the header guru, of coarse he does not use the net so he would need to be contacted personally.

Good luck,

Bill

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

Bill.  A great idea but at this point there’s the potential for quite a few loaned parts which makes raffling off the engine unfeasible.  And there is the possibility existing right now for a customers engine to be used which also makes a raffle out of the question.

Paul.  I’ve talked to John in the past about flywheels and he didn’t have anything that’s SFI approved.  But not a show stopper yet as I’ll simply contact the company the last known one came from.

Wayne.  Surely you meant scrub?

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

I took a long look at the rules and results of last year's compitition and all I can say WOW! that is a significant challange!    I ran my dyno results through the calculational method specified and would estimate that the winning motors are making about 1.4-1.6 peak Hp/CID with a great emphasis on flat HP and Torque curves.  This means that just having big valves and and a wild cam will not do it, the 4000RPM speed range is a significant hurdle to jump. 

The biggest impediment for the Y that I see with the currrent rules is that the intake manifold must be commercially available.  It seems that a single plane manifold will work better that the dual plane ones which are all that is available for the Y.   Also will John Mummert have a set of new heads for you? For those that haven't read the rules, replacement heads are permitted.

Can you share your general concept for the motor's specification?  For example one concept would be to make a small displacement motor because it would be easier to get good cylinder filling with the available valves.  Also an engine with large bore, short stroke and long rods may give good low end torque and still make power at the high speed. The large bore would also unshroud the valves at the edge of the bore.

Doug T

The Highlands, Louisville, Ky.

Any news on the enginemasters?  I looked at the rules again yesterday and wonder if anybody has dropped out so you could make the field?

Doug T

The Highlands, Louisville, Ky.

Good news in that my proposed entry has now moved up into the field of thirty competitors.  The required entry fees and forms have been sent in and acknowledgement from the EMC committee has been received back.  So I’m good to go from that standpoint.  At this point, the EMC website just hasn’t been updated yet to reflect the change in status.  But here’s a link to the list of competitors and alternates for those of you that would like to check it from time to time.

EMC Competitors and Alternates List

Here’s the link to the thread regarding this years engine combination for those of you that missed it and why information on it is going to be skimpy until after the competition.

http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic24688-3-1.aspx

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)