Where are the chambers on those heads?

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

John, thanks for pictures and details, you have the bottom end pretty stock, i was sure you would of had steel or reinforced main caps, a y block looks so good in A model coupes. We all wish john (owner) and your crew the best results on race day.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Heck I thought we left those chambers pretty big.. It our first race motor in a few years. Trying manufacture parts has really eaten up the time to do the fun things. This motor is giving us a chance to try things that have been on the drawing board for a while.



Bill by reducing the weight of the rotating internals it effectively increases the strength of the existing parts. We feel that Y is starting to produce the HP per/ci of the later V-8s but we feel its a little heavy. Obviously the host of aluminum parts being manufactured help combat this.
Our opinion is that the block is one part that could use a diet. Its an experiment as many other things, so we'll give it a whirl and see where it takes us.

http://ford-y-block.com 

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

What a great day! Here's a video that my son shot of John Hildebrand shutting down a very fast GT350!

Thanks for sharing the video. That coupe looks to be wicked fast and especially off of the line.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

I believe they call this a "Hole Shot" Neat.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

May 5, 2013 Pit Row

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That coupe really hooks up. Can't wait to see some 1/4 mile times. Chuck

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

Thanks for posting the pictures and the video and thanks to everybody who took the time and effort to set-up the event. Events like these are the most fun for our group. Hopefully we can continue to have more events around the country and get everybody together to share information and enjoy our special cars.

I regret missing the event, but I am making progress on getting my car and new parts combo dialed in. I've been spending time right now setting-up for race trim right now, and I'm about to begin transitioning it to prepare for the first part of Hot Rod's Power Tour starting June 1st. My goal is to start making some vintage drag races with it.

Pat Fleischman

The first annual West Coast Y-block Shootout is now one for the history books.The weather held out just long enough. T
Time trials took place before lunch. Half of the cars were on the track for first time and they were getting a little quicker each time they made a pass.
Lunch time came around and I think everyone ate too much, I know I did. The barbecue was beyond expectations.
After lunch the double elimination Shootout bracket race got underway. Todd Ferguson bested the field in the white 56 T bird.
I wanted to says thanks to Joe ,Charley, Buzz, Al, Todd and John for showing the cars and racing.. We had some lookers out there.

The sponsors made it possible to handout some nice prizes.

Bob Martin
Ernie Phillips
Schneider Racing Cams
Hilltop Classics
Crower Cams & Equipment
JBA
Bruce Young
Dana Sniff Transmissions

We'll have more photos and and even some in car footage as well.




The coupe ran a best of 6.36 @ 105.4 mph.. So were making a little progress.

http://ford-y-block.com 

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