I GOT HER BACK TODAY I must say WOW I had no idea how much power my Y Block still has in her I guess she was slipping all threw out the gears the guy “Tim” awesome guy full of knowledge and all around cool guy knows about his Y Blocks. Found out a couple things about my car he had shown me a part from the transmission and how it was pretty much beveled about 1/2" and the brass internal clutches were thinner than a sheet of paper. He was surprised I made the voyage to his shop on that trans. So as I drove back the 30min I drove pretty conservative by going the flow of traffic for all of you that don’t know what that is in California LA area when there’s not much traffic your average speed in the fast lane is 80mph and man she had so much more to give. The whole drive train felt so solid like never before, so Thursday I’m going to do a compression check and if its alright I’m just going to work on the heads and change the cam and chrome up a couple things instead of a full rebuild. So if you are in the LA area and you see a couple burn outlines it could be possible that I laid them down!

Not my dads 57 Fairlane nor my grandfathers, young guns are taking over ! REBELLIOUSENGINEERING.COM

Glad to hear your ride is doing well. 

Be careful what you undertake!

It is very difficult to pull and replace the Y block cam in the vehicle (or upright even out of the vehicle).  The solid mushroom lifters must be held away from the cam from time of removal to reinstallation.  Best is to pull the engine and flip it over to let gravity hold the lifters away from the cam.  Also allows new cam bearings and inspection of the lifters (most recommend new lifters with the new cam).

TC

You gotta have the right tools and know how to use 'em.

TC - Austin, Texas