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Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

I've run my rockers pressurized for years with no problems. Put a restricter in the bottom of the rocker pedstal, blocked off the ends tubes, and the oil pressure seems to be better for it as well. Now I do it to all my y-blocks.

-Gary Burnette-

Tim,



Nice video of the record run.



Also enjoyed the video on the pressurized rockers. My rockers are not pressurized but the overflow tube is restricted so I guess I'm somewhere in the middle. Next time around I may try the pressurize route. Since I have Dove rollers (expensive) I think the pressure system might be better.



Keep up the excellent work.





Johnson Rod



Southern California

Did you see the run at Bonneville? Just posted it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08JmrQy8zdc&feature=channel_page

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Great video! Post us some more. Love the sounds at 7000 rpm.

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
www.hollowheads.net (just click the hole in the head to proceed)

Here's another Video of Charlies truck on the dyno.

Enjoy!  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8kiGC6tmQg&feature=channel_page

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Did somebody say...........turbo

Reed Patridge
Birmingham, Al
1936 Ford Pickup, Flathead powered cruiser
Model A Roadster, 292" Y-Block "project" vehicle

Thanks Chuck.............I hope you continue with that good sense of humor when you see the DVD I am making of Columbus 2008.  You and I both made the blooper clip.

Win, lose or draw, 2009 will be the last season for the Flying Yellow Brick, so no body modifications are in store.  Tim is in the middle of a new 258 cu. in. engine (bigger cam, lighter valve train, better flowing heads and more compression) and our goal is 130 (the fastest time last year was 124.635 at Bonneville and the latest record there is a little over 126).

Next on the drawing board is a 1961 Mercury Comet (just because I have one).  It will have a turbo (get ready Reed) 258 cu. in. Y-Block and the current record for the E/CBGC is 152 and change (E is under 260 cu. in., C is Classic-1981 and older body, B is blown, GC is gas coupe -meaning it has an engine swap, no body modifications and on gasoline).  The record has stood since 1999 and is owned by Gail Banks Engineering.  Setting a record here would be difficult, but another class with a larger Y-Block would be more difficult and out of my budget range.  I just want to go as fast as I can with a Y-Block and still be competitive.

By the way, for the 2009 season and beyond, I will be flying your "Y-Blocks Forever" plaque and Lon's Australian license plate. 

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

I'll bet that dog leg has caused some excitement over the years! Couldn't resist the "shut down" crack. Not that anything sill has ever happened in my life!

It would be interesting to see a little airflow test on the Yellow Brick. By the time you push that flat nose through the air I wouldn't think much would be near enough to be disrupted by the rear fender flow. Probably look something like one of the early space capsules on re entry. I wonder what a shed, a big fan, and a smoke source would show? Chuck in NH PS still proud as heck of ya!

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Hey!...........I resemble that remark!  Hi, Chuck, actually I used every inch of the .9 mile shut down lane (especially because it was a dog leg right!).

Alan, you are exactly right.  A straight side bed would be much more aerodynamic, but it just wouldn't look like the ones I have been driving since 1961.  You just cannot change something you drove in high school.  It is a small handicap for Tim McMaster, but so far he has overcome it.

Built in 1961 ("D" code 312)

Built in 1972 ("D" code 312)

Built in 1983 ("E" code 312)

Built in 2007 ("???" code 258)

Of course they were all Y-Block powered........

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com