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Jul 16, 2004 | 12:39 AM

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Janet40

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From: Houston U.S.

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Originally Posted by bigwin56f100

A Y will really run!

I have a 1957 292 that is .060 over with the deserible ECZ-G heads the 257 edelbrock two fours intake, erson cam 520 lift and 296 duration (Had to have the guides machined down for the high lift cam) I'm using the 1.54 ratio rockers. Vintage aluminum sheifer flywheel that weighs 20 lbs less than the stock one. Using the rams horn manifolds with turbo 400 thrush mufflers All this plus the C1TE steel crank. I'm very happy with the combo so far>

The only down fall is I would like to get a hotter ignition (MSD)

Kevin

Oh wow!! Bigwin, you have that CITE with the steel crankshaft, i would hang on to that one forever!! That engine should pull your 58 ford pickup around like it's a paperweight.. Janet

Jul 16, 2004 | 03:04 AM

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kens64

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From: Rio Rancho USA

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Originally Posted by 46yblock

One of the big reasons performance decreased in the later years of the Y was the very small , 1.64 in. intake valve. There also was a head put on some engines in 1959, that had a roomy 82cc combustion chamber, resulting in low compression. That head was 5750-471. Stay away from it. 1959 engines also had the 113 head which is the second most sought after version Ford produced. Mike

Dont forget the pathetic cams they used in the later years. Looking at a early cam next to a later one is like night and day. I went from a 1964 cam with almost round lobes to a cam out of a 1957 car and the difference in power was huge.