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Extra water holes in C2AE blocks?

Posted By 46yblock 17 Years Ago
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The late model Y's have those two extra holes between the center cylinders.  What was their purpose?  They are so small it doesnt seem like they would do much of anything.

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.



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Forum Post Extra water holes in C2AE blocks? By 46yblock ( 17 Years Ago )
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Forum Post The info I have that the holes are for detonation problems and... By paul2748 ( 17 Years Ago )
Forum Post I drilled the holes the same size as the ones in the gasket and the... By speedpro56 ( 17 Years Ago )
Forum Post What about the higher performing heads made prior to '62 without the... By 46yblock ( 17 Years Ago )
Forum Post This has the potential of being a controversial topic.... By Ted ( 17 Years Ago )
Forum Post Since my block has the holes and the heads do not, is there an easy... By 46yblock ( 17 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]46yblock (3/6/2008)[/b][hr]Since my block has the holes and... By Ted ( 17 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]Ted (3/8/2008)[/b][hr] ... The holes in the gasket are... By simplyconnected ( 16 Years Ago )
Forum Post Leave as is because they are blocked by the heads not having the steam... By speedpro56 ( 17 Years Ago )
Forum Post Gary,

If your head gasket has the holes (FelPro does),...
By DANIEL TINDER ( 17 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]DANIEL TINDER (3/6/2008)[/b][hr]Gary, If your head gasket... By 46yblock ( 17 Years Ago )
Forum Post Y-Guys Don't hold this against me, but the 400 small block... By yehaabill ( 17 Years Ago )
Forum Post Dave . Thanks for the reinforcement on the sizing of the... By Ted ( 16 Years Ago )
Forum Post Assuming your head & gasket has the holes already, and you end up with... By DANIEL TINDER ( 16 Years Ago )
Forum Post I drilled the extra steam hole in my heads and block of any yblock... By speedpro56 ( 16 Years Ago )
Forum Post When I heard these tiny holes are for steam, I said to myself, "Yeah,... By simplyconnected ( 16 Years Ago )
Forum Post It's been mentioned here before that 113 heads are more prone to... By PF Arcand ( 16 Years Ago )
Forum Post WOW! I'm almost afraid to weigh-in here. From my observation the steam... By John Mummert ( 16 Years Ago )
Forum Post Good point on the plugging John. The relativey " new block" I ordered... By 46yblock ( 16 Years Ago )
Forum Post Interesting Thread. I have always drilled the "steam holes" although... By Doug T ( 16 Years Ago )
Forum Post I am building a C2AE block with 471 heads. I believe both the heads... By Rono ( 16 Years Ago )
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Forum Post [quote][b]speedpro56 (12/12/2009)[/b][hr]The only time I ever found... By 46yblock ( 16 Years Ago )


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