Sm.Blk: (Verne) Schumann Sales & Service, floated a new block proposel some time ago...it died on the vine.  The cost & logistics just aren't feasible. A former casting person on this site, said just start up costs would at a minimum be some $200, 000... The Y-block has had many parts & design improvements in recent years, with impressive results. But it is what it is, a vintage engine..love it or leave it!  


Paul

No plans from us to do a block.  They seem to be one of the best original parts of the engine.  

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20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico

     Now  what is on the back burner John a new Big bore  block would be nice  with about 4,125 bore!

The new rods came out really nice, getting over 300 inches out of a  272 or  316 inches out of a 292 sure got a lot easier. 

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20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico

I like the new rod idea as well.  Sounds like a great alternative for now.

I hope scat comes thru in the future, as an affordable stroker crank would really help in the power department.  I'm a true believer that max cubes really wake up a Y.

I have a moldex billet stroker with a main girdle in my black car.  They really make a nice piece. I have never had an engine with such good oil pressure in all conditions. The crank and first class machine work must be right on.




Pat Fleischman

John, sounds like you,ve come up with an achievable alternative to 312 with that new rod! i like the idea, thank you.


  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Seems like a company such as Scat, who is in the business of making cranks would either make it happen or not.  Pushing the introduction back another year is pretty well a good indication that they're not going to do it.



Lawrenceville, GA

Ron, that is the idea. Either steel or cast crank offset ground to 3.44" stroke.
Offset grinding at standard width should cost around $150-200

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20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico

They are. The problem is simple. There is no forging die in China that has enough material to make the Y-Block snout.
I've looked into having cranks made and the answer is always the same. Went through a couple of connections, Same answer.
So, there would have to be a new die, modify an existing die or weld material on the forging to make the snout long enough.
I have cast 4 samples of the crankshaft I was trying to make here but finding someone to machine it is another story. Best price so far $1100.00
for machining only.
For now, offset grind or wait. Or go to a billet crankshaft.

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20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico

I thought chinese were faster to get tin copies from stuff but maybe I was wrong.


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