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streetdreams · 07-20-2019, 12:48 PM

This post is turning into fantasy land. A Y Block is a flathead with OHV heads? Really? Stopgap design? Incidentally, Ford was not concerned with US designed engines overseas. Ford of Germany, France and England at the time had their own car/engine programs. Hence, English Anglias with 4 cylinder engines for example. US design cars were slightly redesigned cosmetically for Canada, and badge names were played with, but they were still essentially American. You will see 352 FE's in Canadian Mercurys for example, vs the 390 in US cars.
Lastly, there is a part number cast into the side of the block. They may be 3/8 to 1/2 inch tall and thin script, but they are there. Never seen a block without them unless someone ground them off.
Don't see many crisp sharp corners on a 289/302/351W. Those are thin wall castings.
It also costed more to tool for an OHV engine vs the flathead. I could go on and on about the post war engineering challenges of higher horsepower, availability of high octane gas, heavier cars, 5 year planning cycles, future high speed super highways, and the programs, sometimes incorrect, to solve those challenges, but I don't want to appear cranky.

07-20-2019, 12:48 PM	#52
streetdreams Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Howell, Michigan, USA, The Peoples Slightly Overspent Demodependancy of Michigan Posts: 638	Re: 292 312 Ford Engine This post is turning into fantasy land. A Y Block is a flathead with OHV heads? Really? Stopgap design? Incidentally, Ford was not concerned with US designed engines overseas. Ford of Germany, France and England at the time had their own car/engine programs. Hence, English Anglias with 4 cylinder engines for example. US design cars were slightly redesigned cosmetically for Canada, and badge names were played with, but they were still essentially American. You will see 352 FE's in Canadian Mercurys for example, vs the 390 in US cars. Lastly, there is a part number cast into the side of the block. They may be 3/8 to 1/2 inch tall and thin script, but they are there. Never seen a block without them unless someone ground them off. Don't see many crisp sharp corners on a 289/302/351W. Those are thin wall castings. It also costed more to tool for an OHV engine vs the flathead. I could go on and on about the post war engineering challenges of higher horsepower, availability of high octane gas, heavier cars, 5 year planning cycles, future high speed super highways, and the programs, sometimes incorrect, to solve those challenges, but I don't want to appear cranky.