Rono, i,ve never seen a slsave cyl like that, it pulls right?

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Here are some pictures of the hydraulic clutch mock-up. I think it should work but is untested right now. A friend of mine made a similar set-up for his 57 and 32 Fords (neither has Y-Blocks). One thing I didn't expect was the hardness of the clutch fork. If I used the stock rod hole at the end of the fork, the slave cylinder would be too far away from the tranny. I wanted to relocate the rod hole 1&1/2" in towards the bell housing, but when I went to drill it, I couldn't. Hardened steel. I had to bring it to a machine shop where a hole was milled and countersunk with coolant. I made a small bracket off the oil pump for a return spring which is a modified (56) F-100 clutch fork spring.

I'm using ECI under floor power brake and clutch set-up for 35-40 Fords which mounts in the original location on the stock cross-member and is the only piece of the cross member I left attached to the frame rail. I'll post those pictures on a different thread.

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

Mike;

Thanks for the cudo's! The coupe is progressing and I'll post some pictures of that next week. As far as the motor goes...I at least know where I'm at with it and know what I need to do. This past week I installed the 11" Centerforce clutch and pressure plate, mounted the T-5 tranny and I'm almost done with my hydraulic (slave cylinder) clutch. I'll post pictures later in the week.

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

Rono

A big congrats to you on getting your motor completed and having an "incident free" dyno session!!

I wouldn't worry if I were you, it fired, ran strong (not as strong as you had hoped, I know) and is a showpiece. From what you've said the numbers are in there.

Having a 37 convertible myself (flattie powered) I can't wait to see your coupe.

I'm also slowly progressing on a Gord inspired project and if I get the nerve and figure out how, I might post some photos, cause you have inspired me.

Oh yeah, I love your hardtop.

Mike

That's probably true! It was crazy expensive!

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

From the prices I was getting for Dyno time in New England it may be cheaper to send the motor to Ted Eaton so he can do his magic. At least he can spell Y! Chuck

Y's guys rule!
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Manchester, New Hampshire

Charlie;

For some reason, Len would bump the throttle handle up at the end of each test. You are right though, I didn't have time to do ANY tuning. He spent all the available time I had in getting the motor set-up on his dyno.

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

I noticed toward the end of the video that the rpm kicked back up around 2000rpm after the throttle had been let up. I wonder if that means anything.

You didn't have time to really tune anything. I'm sure you'll find the numbers you're after with some tuning.


Lawrenceville, GA

Hi Billy;

Gord McMillen also feels that the motor should be capable of 400 HP @ 6,000 RPM. Once I get the motor mocked-up in the car I can then decide on what type of headers I can use. I think the heat was also a factor on that day and the carb size/jetting.

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

Hi Rono, The numbers appear a bit low for the motor you have, I would think more towards the 400 range, the Air fuel mixture AF numbers tell you what the optimum number is so you can adjust/replace/ jet up/jet down the carb bla bla bla to get the optimum HP torque etc, they should be somewhere between 12-14% but Ted can probably tell you the exact optimum numbers, I think a .4 is in there somewhere whether it is 12.4 or 13.4 etc but they are very important numbers to have to dial it in correctly.

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