I need to know the weight of a Y Block and Fordomatic so I can order and set of MidFifty Short and Smooth springs for my '55 F100. There are two choices Big Block and Small Block. From what I have gathered, the weight is somewhere in between. My Guess is the Fordomatic is a Pig next to a C4, But I could use some advice here.


Ford 289/302 V8 460
Ford 351 Windsor 510
Ford 351 Windsor 525
Ford 351M-400 575
Ford Y block V8 625 (272-312 CID)
Ford FE big block 650 (332-428 CID)
Ford FE big block 670
Ford 429/460 V8 640
Ford 429-460 720
Ford 460 V8 720</pre>

 

I don't know for sure, I have both sitting on my garage floor as an assembly but with no way to weigh them. I'd go for the big block option if I were you...

When I yanked the 292/Fordo from my '60, the engine leveler was such a pain to use and rigged the engine so low that I really had to wrestle with it. Every other time I've maneuvered an engine that's suspended from a hoist I"ve been able to easily lift on the tailshaft to tweak it into place. This was not happening. It was rigged with the tranny aimed downward and the leveler I had wasn't cooperating. I had to tie a rope around the tailshaft and stand on the fender and push with my legs (like a squat at the gym) the tailshaft onto the top of the framerail, then get a lower grip on the rope and give it everything I had to get the tailshaft up onto the fender so the whole assembly was transverse and I could reattach the chains and get a lower grip to get it onto the ground.

Long story longer, I think the Y block goes around 650-675lbs, and I would guess that this Fordo is heavy for an auto. When I had the hoist arm at the furthest slot out (1000 lbs) it lifted the rear wheels of the hoist right off the ground. Now, this is the Harbor Freight cheapie so I'm sure it isn't the most accurate, but I think it's up there.

 

The Y-Blocks go about 625#
No idea about the tranny - It's early design - it's heavy.

 

I have three of them here and they are almost as heavy as the 400 and 460 I have sitting here . I believe the trany is allmost as heavy as a c6 .

 

I will order the Big block springs for the Ft End.

Any suggestions on the weight of a short flatbed compared to a stepside?