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By 55Birdman - 15 Years Ago
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Any one remember the series of articles ie. Hot Rod ,or similar mag. with article on building the Y Block . It was around 1990 or so. Thanks
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 15 Years Ago
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Earl: Was that the "Y Notta Y Block" series in Street Rodder, by Doc Frohmader, 1999?
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By PF Arcand - 15 Years Ago
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Earl: Also you could look for the somewhat later series in Classic Trucks, titled Y-8 Fords by the same author, Doc Frohmader. Intro was in March 2001, next May, & consecutive thru to March 2002, for 12 issues total. It Is very similar to the Street Rodder series...
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By 55Birdman - 15 Years Ago
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John, I think it may be that. All I can remember was its a series of articles lasting the whole year or close to it on building a Y engine. Dont remember the year. Thats the bad part. Maybe 1990. Old timers has kicked in and remebering is hard to do . Now what was I saying....? I'll try that and see what develops. Thanks . Earl
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By bird55 - 15 Years Ago
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Hoosier Hurricane (8/27/2009)
Earl:
Was that the "Y Notta Y Block" series in Street Rodder, by Doc Frohmader, 1999?
ding,ding,ding!. John is correct! 
I've got the whole set in my hands right now. This is what got my interest in this old engine restarted after that it was yblocksforever all the way.
Has some questionable details in it, but overall, good. You can't knock it, at least they are doing something positive with the Y as opposed to the youknowwhatbellybutton engine.
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By Teros292 - 15 Years Ago
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Not the build up article but found this on Street Rodder web site:
http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/0809sr_vintage_engines_fomoco_y_blocks/index.html
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By paul2748 - 15 Years Ago
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Street Rodder did have the articles. I have them all. The year was 1999
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By 55Birdman - 15 Years Ago
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Thanks I found a complete set for the year 1999 on the bay .
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By 55Birdman - 15 Years Ago
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got my magazines last week and spent the week end reading the article on the Y block. To say the least I was dissapointed about the article. I thought it would be more than it was from what I read and heard about it. To me it was just a routine engine build. Nothing special. I thought at least they would post info on how well the engine performed but they didn't even say if it started. Most of the information written about the engine most of us already know. So, nothing new. I guess in 99 that would have been a good series of articles if one was building a Y. But, it still had some info missing. Oh well maybe next time . Anybody want the complete year 1999 of street rodder magazine?
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By salf100 - 13 Years Ago
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I know this is an old topic, but can anyone make copies of the article for me??
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By 55vickey - 13 Years Ago
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If you can't get it, check out webrodder.com, all technical section, a big section on building the Y. Very detailed. Gary
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By easyissy - 13 Years Ago
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Here's a link: http://www.egge.com/PDFs/StreetThunder_Y-Block.pdf
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By NoShortcuts - 13 Years Ago
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Photocopies of the series of articles you seek plus some other related info. are currently advertised on ebay. Search item 220788356438. This individual has been selling these regularly in the last 6 months at least.
I don't have these myself or I'd send 'em to you.
Regards,
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By PF Arcand - 13 Years Ago
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Bird: You read the entire series fully in a weekend? I'm surprised you didn't find them that informative. Granted for someone who is a regular on this site, some of the the info isn't new. However, as a guide to a rebuild & some mods done in some sort of order, those articles were the best ever at the time, (keeping in mind that this site didn't exist at the time.) Not flawless and that magazine tended to contain missprints, but still the best series info ever available then. As for the results, the magazine used the engine as a giveaway at some promotional event. So, it wasn't ever run. Later Doc acknowledged that he & the mag got some heat about that fact... Some time after the similar series (2001-2) in Classic Truck magazine, a Dyno test was done for him on a somewhat similar engine with a 3 spd automatic, for a P.Up. It was a 296"/292. If I remember correctly (not sure?) The H.P. was 313 @ 5600 & 316 lb.ft.. So, the engine exceeded 1 h.p. / cu in. I believe that was the best perfomance build ever done by a major magazine on a Y-block at the time...
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By PF Arcand - 13 Years Ago
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I might mention that photo copying good copies of all that info out of a dozen magazines, & puting it together, is no 10 minute job...So anyone wanting it should expect to pay accordingly..
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By Daniel Jessup - 13 Years Ago
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Paul, I know this is an older forum topic, and I believe that Earl wrote these posts a good while before he passed on.
I have found the articles written by Doc pretty good...especially when you consider how far we have all progressed in 12 years. To be honest, it is very rare for me to read up on some articles and not find a few things that help in some way. The tips and tricks are always out there.
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By jonnireb - 13 Years Ago
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It appears to me that the info in webrodder is the same as Doc Frohmader's work in Street Rodder, which I found to be pretty good.
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By PF Arcand - 13 Years Ago
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Daniel: Sorry, I failed to notice the date of Earl's last posting. I'm aware that he is not with us... I believe his Son has on occassion taken his place, on this site, & I though it was him... However, I could be mistaken on that fact also. I need to pay better attention. My appologies if I offended anyone...
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By yfreak57 - 13 Years Ago
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One more... Y-Block Revisited, Rod & Custom February, 2009: http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/tipstricks/74739/index.html
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By PF Arcand - 13 Years Ago
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Re the Rod & Custom Y-Blk run down. Noticed a real glich in one recomendation. They reference an Offy Tri-power intake. Ditch that recommendation!. Ted's test of intakes found the Offy to be a "Dog". It finished dead last! Unfortunately, many years ago, Pop Hot Rodding in their Y-Blk buildup, used that very intake & made out favorite engine look bad...
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