i was finally able to bring my Y block home tonight. a good friend made me a screaming deal on a long block he's had since the 60's. he had it rebuilt when he had an interest in restoring t-birds but it has sat on the shelf ever since. he had the heads stored in his basement wrapped in newspaper.
it's a 292 bored to and fitted with std. 312 pistons. what's that make it, a 299cu.in.? the heads are 57-58 with 1.92 intake valves. they were rebuilt by a reputable local machine shop that closed in the late 70's. ground chuck was 39 cents a pound in the fall of 1966. that's what the ad said in the newspaper they were wrapped in.
got the car 3 speed bellhousing and flywheel with it. i have access to a toploader 4 speed that came behind a 390 in a 67 mustang, but i'm leaning towards running a 3+1 overdrive trans pretending to be a toploader that came out of a granada. either trans will bolt up to the bellhousing.
i want to pull it apart to give it a good cleaning and determine exactly what i have. try to determine how much the heads were milled and figure out the compression ratio and see what cam is in it now and maybe seek your guidance on a cam selection.
this mill is going in my 27 T coupe. i considered running a marine intake for the wow factor but i'll probably end up going with a weiand 3x2 with 3 large logo stromberg 97's. i just want a good running, good ol fashioned hotrod.
the T coupe has been sitting in dry storage longer than the Y block. it hasn't seen the elements since the 50's. this little hotrod is gonna rock.
i'll keep everybody up to date on what i discover and start posting pics when i begin this build.