i have a y block carb and intake manifold set that i came across in an estate sale. the carbs are models 8ba and the offenhauser intake has ece 8594a. what yrs do these fit and if i was to sell outright what would it be worth?
joel

 

have you sold your intake and carbs? i'm looking and may be intrested with more info. thanks rick

 

Rick,

Welcome to FTE!

The post above is fairly old, over a year & a half. You might check the FTE classifieds, or (gulp) eBay- they show up quite often. I believe one is listed right now.

One Offy tripower is still available new, amazingly, but is for the early small port heads. All the Offy Y-block manifolds are reputed to have poor mixture distribution, & judging by their other manifolds I've tested or worked with, I believe it.

The Edelbrock 573 is the best tripower for the later big heads, & the 553 is the number for the earlier heads. Both are not terribly difficult to find, even these days.

Fenton, and I believe also Edmunds, made Y-block tri-power intakes. Check out this link: http://m571.com/yblock/index.htm and go to the section for intakes. Pretty much covers everything ever made. Tim posts here too.