Aha, yes Tim, a man after my own heart. Is that a Honda journal? Are the old TRW`s still around? Now you really got me to thinking. I`ve always thought the Y could use some more cubic inches, this looks like a perfect way. Surely keep us posted, (we`er on the edge of our chairs!)  

Greg Dietrich Mt.Morris Il

Greg,

          You could check with John Mummert. He sells a couple stroker kits. He uses Probes and they're a TON lighter than the TRW's. Hoosier runs them in the Hurricane.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Not exactly Honda, they are 1.888" that is what I have in the 338ci Y that is in Elwood right now, these rods use a  1.850" journal.  I had to buy a special performance bearing that comes in std. only, little pricey too.  The TRWs were NOS so I don't know how long they were sitting around, I thing TRW is now Speed Pro.

   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

Quick little update from the weekend...

The notched factory shock mounts painted & installed with stainless hardware...


Building blocks for the cage outriggers, and assembly.




Outriggers as they will be positioned on the frame. Front outriggers only have one gusset, as they will be welded to a factory body mount on the frame.


The finished rear outriggers, ready to install. Should be enough beef there to do the job.


This picture will hurt all you guys that started with rusty trucks. We actually needed some big holes in the floor. Care was taken to avoid cutting through any structure, and locate the mount locations as close to the cabin corners as possible...


Trimmed a little more off the floor pan to provide as much access as possible to the top of the outrigger. Outriggers are simply tackd in place for now. Cage fabricator will weld in final location.


Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial

You da man Todd.  Looks great.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)







BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

I am impressed how solid that truck is, was it stored inside? Looks good.

Gary Ryan San Antonio.TX.

Yeah, inside a tomato patch. lol

Did a few things myself this weekend, not much but I did degree the cam and check valve to piston clearance along with the quench area.

quench is about .050 although with the piston rocking I believe it is more like .040 which is what I was shooting for.

with such a big relief in the pistons the valves didn't even come close.

Here's a shot looking down the exhaust with valve fully open  (.585")

I also got some required goodies this week, these will be mounted when the cage goes in.

bla bla bla

   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

Next Sunday (3/27) is the day the truck heads back to Tim's for the cage, and next stage of assembly, so it's time for all of my loose ends to get cleaned up, and finish everything I can before then...my wife & I are also 2 weeks away from the due date of our first child on 4/3, so it's gonna be a crazy time around here. 

To continue where I left off, the front outriggers had to be tweaked a bit to hug the front body mount, and clear the cab portion adequately. They will weld to the frame portion of the body mount in lieu of a forward facing gusset like I did in the rear. The pie cut out of the top of the 4x4 tube allows the outrigger to still project 12" from the side of the frame while at the same time clear the structural floor support at the front cab mount.


As they will be oriented in the truck, and a quick shot of the finished pair of front outriggers...



Just as before, I had to cut out the floor for access where the down tubes will connect...if it makes you rust belt guys feel any better I did cut through some surface rust on the passenger side

Passenger front:


Passenger rear:


Driver's front:


Driver's rear:


Here's a shot of the outriggers tacked in place. If you look close, you can see where they will weld to the front cab mount as I mentioned earlier.

Passenger side:


Driver's side:



Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial

Here's a picture/summary of how I modified the original u-bolt girdles to sit under the springs, and add protection by adding return legs to shield the u-bolts.

Original u-bolt/bump stop ass'y. Already cut to be reconfigured.


Tacked the cut-off pieces, to create return legs to add another level of safety, just in case...(these will protect the u-bolts that are now under the axle)...(I left the pieces long for ease of handling. I cut them off after they were tacked in place.


You can see what we're trying to accomplish here.


Here's the 2nd return leg tacked in place, and how the girdle will actually be oriented in the truck.


Flip side:


Fully welded, with a bead on the inside too...just for good measure.



All cleaned up, ready for paint and installation. I think they came out pretty well. More importantly, they do the job.



Revised u-bolt girdle installed. Maybe this picture helps make sense of why the returns are imortant. With the scrub line being tight, this is purely for safety...



Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial

Looks great Todd!  We missed you yesterday at Charlies, love to see the progress though.

bla bla bla

   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