Following on from Pete's method, if you place a julienne blade behind the exhUst pipe when the potato shoots out the back you've got ready made French fries. How cool is that?

Rick - West Australia
Do Y Blocks Downunder run upside down? Gravity Sucks!!

Maybe someone can help with the name here, back in the early sixty's there was a book or an insert in a mag about a young boy and an old mechanic and one of the things I remember about it was him taking the kids chewing gum, two small strips of paper and sticking it on the tailpipe. He'd start the car and be able to tell if there was a miss, which bank and any pressure differential, just gotta think, ouch, Gary

       

Gary, 55 Vicky, St. Germain, Wisconsin

 

A couple of balloons over the ends may work. Or even another rubber product

Richard

Thanks guys for all the suggestions but I'm not planning on making any french fries anytime soon. I think the heat riser spacer is the answer. Thanks again. One question though, in the Mac's catalog it says that spacer is for a Ford 332 & 352 V8 only. Would this spacer work on my 292???

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58 Ford Custom 300 - San Pedro, CA (So-Cal)

Those engines could have a bigger pipe, so a bigger flange.  Do they list gaskets separately for those engines.  If that gaskets are the same as Y, they should fit.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

I cut the baffle plate out of mine, then welded the ends shut, works great, Gary

       

Gary, 55 Vicky, St. Germain, Wisconsin

 

Well they do list the gasket for a 292 & 332. It's kinda funny they have three gaskets listed but they all have the same part number.

http://macsautoparts.com/search.asp?t=ss&ss=Exhaust+gasket&c=400&year=1958&make=Ford

58 Ford Custom 300 - San Pedro, CA (So-Cal)

I just had a look at Macs catalogue.They are not showing that spacer for the Y-blocks for some reason.They have gaskets.Before you order one you should contact them for clarification..I got mine from Tee-Bird.com who are also great people to deal with.They specialize in 55-57  Fords but no listings for 58.The master listed by Macs is not the same as 55-56 part #.

  

Thanks for the heads up. I'm gonna try Larry's T-Bird & Mustang. I can drive up there, so I'll save on shipping. I'll verify they have it prior to driving up there. Just to make sure. I gotta pick up a master cylinder as well.

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58 Ford Custom 300 - San Pedro, CA (So-Cal)

Gary's thoughts are spot on. Way back when, in another life, that is how we all used to check the cylinders on motor bikes, works great on twin cylinder with separate exhaust. You can really hear the difference in the exhaust if they are unbalanced. We never used chewing gum though - bit hard to get off a hot pipe.

Regards

Rick - West Australia
Do Y Blocks Downunder run upside down? Gravity Sucks!!