I personally think the actual cost of these proposed new blocks  once known will determine how many everyday buyers are out there. I would certainly like one.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

If it was reasonably priced I buy one as well.

Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie

I talked to Verne Schumann today about the new blocks. He is the person who is looking at doing them. He said the project looks good to go. He will be submitting a more complete description in a release in Y-Block Mag soon. But for now:

Nodular iron block

4.125" bore

.875" lifter bore with oil galley for hydraulic lifters

Solid roller, flat-tappet, hydraulic roller, hydraulic flat-tappet compatible

Raised cam shaft for larger stroke

Cross bolted steel main caps machined to oil top and bottom

Accepts Y-Block crankshafts or replacement Y-Block strokers

292 Main bearing dimension

Other features to follow.

Retail price 3900.00 50 orders required to make it go.

Something to ad to your wish list.


http://ford-y-block.com 

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

John, thanks for info and putting block in perpesctive for the potential buyers, may be quite a block, and obviously suit the racers out there, keeping in mind the other parts required to get it going and intense head work or your alloy heads. I.m not knocking it but earlier mentioned there were guys saying they wanted one but  i could see the whole package costing more than most average guys would pay, i would want one but would like to see some proposals re parts, ratio,s and estimated hp range.etc. i know i,m jumping the gun here but  just thinking aloud.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Was wondering what you thought re 4 1/8" proposed bores, there would,nt be much water between cylinders, so would that rule it out as street driven engine , or could it cool enough.?

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Production engines with siamesed bores (no coolant between cylinders) are pretty common. SO I'd think it will work for the street if necessary.



So is this $3900 required before any R&D or after it's all figured out, and a good prototype has been made, then he wants $3900?


Lawrenceville, GA

Charlie, i guess we should aim questions at verne, but john mentioned Verne would mention it in next y block mag. I,m happy and interested in this block but just trying to say that there are a few yelling its great, lets go etc but reality check will be final costs, components etc and think 50 blocks as 1st run would be optimistic. but lets hope it can work.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

4.125” bore and a 4.125” stroke.  441 cubic inches.  Hmm. Makes for a very, very, torquey street engine.  And with a roller camshaft, the possibilities are way out there.  And a hydraulic roller at that.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Sounds very interesting, if it is fully machined at that price, sounds reasonable. I know for a fact, that you can spend $1,000 or more for machine work on a 292. Just like with John's heads, when you just look at the price, ouch. But when you step back and look at the cost of a set of good iron heads, $1400/$1800 for ported posted G's, the price looks reasonable. One other thought that I have for what it is worth, is that we can't compare the cost of low volume y block parts to more common sbf or scrub parts that are most likely made off shore.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

OK next up is a crankshaft.

The most you can get is a 3.62 with a 2 inch journal (a bit more with undersize.