Gives me goose bumps to hear all that compression and throttle response.. How did you get the stroke out to 3.7?

312 crank offset ground to 1.850".  Using 6.250" "NASCAR" rods.  3.875" bore with TRW pistons ment for some other application.

   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

I want one!...

   

1956 F100 Big Window 309ci Y-block,  1956 F100 small window 272ci Y-block

Greg.  Mountains of North Eastern CA

Saturday I dedicated to changing out the 338ci Y that will go into my Model A Tudor for the 350ci Y that I hope will take Elwood into the "9s".
I tried to post this yesterday but the site was messed up on my end.

It's more than just a "swap out" as I have to change heads to use the front to back cooling and I also have to change the timing cover and I have a nice new oil pan with a windage tray and scraper.




While swaping these parts over I found something that makes a guy rather upset. I had a cam lobe failing. This is especially bad beacause I did everything correct on the break-in including light springs in the heads. The one lobe is down only .030 and it probably would have worked for a few passes but I know it wasn't going to get any better. So I had another cam that I had ground for the dragster engine anyway (the one that is shown was ment for Jake and LSR) so I changed it out. Even with the engine out it's no small job to change the cam and lifters in a Y but it will be worth it.


I'm also going for a gear change so I need to do it be for the engine/trans goes back in. I hope to get it all buttoned up today. Happy Easter!

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   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

OK! I work/played all afternoon and got the car ready to go back together. Most all the parts are on the engine and the trans is coupled back up. I didn't take a picture of them together though.


I did have a new pan made to work with the marine timing cover, the marine pan was big and "clunky" the new one has a windage try and a scraper. Also it looks quite nice.

I also changed the gears to 4.11s from 4.33s, it always seemed to be out of breath by the end of the quarter. We'll see how it is now.

Messed up my paint a little too.


If I'm not too beat after work today I should be able to slip it all into the chassis. We'll see, Mondays always wear me out.

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   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

Tim, I don't know how you do it! Work a full time job and keep 3 projects going at the same time. Keep it up as long as you can and have fun.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

Glen, when it stops being fun I knock off.  Sat night around 7pm I had the cam and lifters changed out and was tired!  So I just closed up, BBQed a couple of steaks and shared a bottle of Pinot with Kathy while the sun went down.

   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

Tim, what was the oil brand you used and praised to be the best quality ?

Or is it cam grinders fault? How much spring load are you using?

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

The oil is Brad Penn and I will still use it.  The cam was a "New" core and the spring load was around 90 on the seat and 210 open, maybe more, it was nearly .600" lift.  I still think it's just one of those things.  This is the first trouble I've had with a cam since I've used Brad Penn.

   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

Tim how did the lifters look? I just tore down a mild 292 to change to a street cam and noticed several lobes wearing on my cam as well there is something going on here. Too many failures to chalk it up to just one of those things. I am getting paranoid. Maybe we need a spray bar to direct oil to the cam lobes