perfomance y-block
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perfomance y-block
The 292 in my 1960 f-100 needs replacement. Would like to find a new or remanufactured y-block , with a mild performance upgrade, vintage style preferred, to replace it. Any ideas where I could get one?
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Kevin
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Kevin
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You might be better off rebuilding yours. the P/I heads are nice... do a slight port job and they will be better.. find a nice 2 or 4 barrel intake that will fit a holley, get a cam from isky or clay smith.. put a set of headers on it and a new distribitor, i believe msd makes one and it will SCREAMMMM
Thats what i did.. back when i was in high school
try not to miss a shift... i seen my tach hit 9000 rpm... thought it might of killed it but it was fine.
Thats what i did.. back when i was in high school
try not to miss a shift... i seen my tach hit 9000 rpm... thought it might of killed it but it was fine.
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if you want to build it up tear yours down have it decked, bored and put a 312 crank in it with a good cam and either a holly 4 or a six pack and your set. my dad had a 56 ford customline back in high school with a 292 with the heads milled 20 thousands and high compression pistons. i guess that thing really ran when you opened her up.
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Certain late 50's heads will work well; -113, ECZ-G (get the posted ones), ECZ-C. High ratio rockers on the intake valves. Get Mummert's head gaskets and pistons and make sure you're at zero-deck. Go easy with the cam, like a 256 duration. Degree the cam. I tried two different stock chains on a performance regrind from CamCraft and couldn't even get it close. I ended up buying a performance timing set from Mummert.
The iron intakes that fit the Holley 1850's can be found on eBay but the prices keeps going up. The earlier manifolds will fit a Carter WCFB but I haven't worked out how the linkage works with a GM carb. Use a small carb, about 450 cfm, and it will tune easier.
The iron intakes that fit the Holley 1850's can be found on eBay but the prices keeps going up. The earlier manifolds will fit a Carter WCFB but I haven't worked out how the linkage works with a GM carb. Use a small carb, about 450 cfm, and it will tune easier.
