Have you guys looked at the new ford modular blocks? Also take a look at the LS1s 4s etc from the gm camp and see what they copied. (Another testament to the Y-BLOCK ).

-Gary Burnette-

Another one to look at the is truley a Yblock also, is a Studebaker V-8. Take a good look at one sometime.

                                            Michael

Michael

Sandy Valley, NV

g'day guys

it is true about the hemi's down here in the bottom of oz (victoria where ford oz started in geelong).   there's a show on tv called a rodders life.   crap show.   the host doesn't like customlines & never shows them anyway.   they were showing a rebuild on a hemi for a drag car.   it was y configuration & the bottom end eternals looked similar.   also when i got my new crank ground the machinist asked me if it was for an early hemi too which i got upset & said no, its a bloody y-block.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

John, you are correct on the Mopars, my buddy Gord is a Mopar nut and he confirmed that the 383 in his Charger is essentially a Y-Block. He stated that the Hemis were also a Y-Block configuration. Surprisingly enough, Gord works as a mechanic for Ford, I keep telling him that Mopar stands for "My Old Pig Ain't Running"! 

I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning!

I was at my machinist's last week to pick up my present block project, and there was a V6 block sitting on end, and the front looked very much like a Y.  Bill said it was a Buick Grand National block, which was basically a 350 Buick with two cylinders chopped off.  He asked if I ever saw a bare Buick 350, it is very much a copy of the Y block.  So the 350 was a cast iron upgrade of the old 215.  Also, Bill said the Mopar big blocks have a lot of the Y features.

John

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

I have been messing around with a couple Buick 215 all aluminum motors recently (61-63).  Tonight I looked at a 215 bare block setting on the bench and behold:  the block skirts come well below the crank centerline, in close proportionis to the Y. 

The Lincs, MELs, FEs, and now BOP 215s?

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.