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Ol' Ron · 10-05-2019, 04:28 PM

In the late 50's I built a 345ci "Y" block for the drags for a fellow. The engine had a C&T stroker assy with floating bearings. The roda were bored out to except them. Yes it was a welded crank. Clay smith hard faced cam and Hilbore Fuel injectors. I'd never run anything like this before and my stupid factor was very hi. Took awhile to get the tuning figgered out. The flame thrower ign gave us problems as the rotors would short out. solved this with stock coils. Engine was bolted uo to a cad.LaSal trand and 4.10 rear, Altho we never got it to a drag strip. It's the only vehicle I ever drove that could spin the tires while cruising at 60 mPH. The acceleration was more thar the Hemi 66 Dodge I ran

Yes if you put the time and money into one, they wii run

10-05-2019, 04:28 PM	#44
Ol' Ron Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chester Vt Posts: 8,861	Re: Replace Flathead with Y-Block? In the late 50's I built a 345ci "Y" block for the drags for a fellow. The engine had a C&T stroker assy with floating bearings. The roda were bored out to except them. Yes it was a welded crank. Clay smith hard faced cam and Hilbore Fuel injectors. I'd never run anything like this before and my stupid factor was very hi. Took awhile to get the tuning figgered out. The flame thrower ign gave us problems as the rotors would short out. solved this with stock coils. Engine was bolted uo to a cad.LaSal trand and 4.10 rear, Altho we never got it to a drag strip. It's the only vehicle I ever drove that could spin the tires while cruising at 60 mPH. The acceleration was more thar the Hemi 66 Dodge I ran Yes if you put the time and money into one, they wii run