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03-01-2020, 01:27 PM | #21 | |
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1. I'm NOT a Chev guy 2. My last year as a auto mechanic was 1970 and in 1969, I replaced the block of my best friends 67 Camaro, 350 (split cyl wall) and that was probably, the last Chev engine that I tore down, although I do use rods from the SBC 400, to narrow and put in 302 Fords.
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03-01-2020, 01:32 PM | #22 |
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Sorry Frank, guess that is somewhat like calling a Ford guy a dirty name.
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03-01-2020, 03:20 PM | #23 | |
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Sorry y'all, but I've never had a problem with calling myself a Chevy guy. You mean to tell me that Ford continued making motor vehicles after 1948? DD |
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03-01-2020, 03:31 PM | #24 |
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Check out the Engine Masters Series for the Ford Y block builds, then watch Ford vs Ferrari.
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See, Frank...I'm not a Chevy guy either! LOL Thanks, Gary, for the education. I didn't realize they did that-never ran into it in many years of running my own shop in the '70s through the '90's. Just got back from a hundred mile drive in the '41 Merc and happy to say the rod nuts are still in place even without the pal nuts! Terry
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03-02-2020, 01:07 AM | #27 |
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No offense, Jerry But, I am a fan of them in the rear view mirror
Flathead, don't forget this years EMC, a 390 FE was first and a 289 second. I'm sure a flathead could win it some day, too but, I think it would have to have Ardun heads on it.
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03-02-2020, 01:38 AM | #28 |
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Ya don't totally scrap a yblock. http://yblockguy.com/
some yblock video fun. lots of torque for a heavy ass motor. https://www.youtube.com/user/mctim64 mouse motors are great, no doubt . |
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I was never a fan of the 239/312 Y block. My dad bought a '54 Ranchwagon, in '57 and had to replace the engine within a year. He put a '55, 272 in it and we never had any trouble after that. But, when I was a mechanic, the ONLY cracked Ford block, I ever saw, was a 312, cracked from the main, to the cam bearing. They also had rocker arm oiling issues. I had to put external oiler's on several 292's in my 8 years as a mechanic.
As Ford's premier V8, they only lasted from '54 to '57, I'm not sure why Ford had such a short term engine. I think a short deck 317, would have been a better short run engine.
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03-02-2020, 02:50 PM | #30 |
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The cam oiling issues started with the 215/223 and continued into the y-block era...when you rebuild them a tiny groove cut into the cam solves that issue...
312 with the larger main bore and same size maincaps wasn´t one of fords brightest idees...312 crank turned down to the smaller mainbearing size and put into a 292 block works better. Or new steel maincaps. |
03-02-2020, 03:03 PM | #31 |
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Yes, i did one or two, 223's also.
On the 292's, the issue was that the oil passage would plug up, that went to the rocker arms (maybe the 223's too?). I think the main cause of that was detergent oil in engines that had run on non-detergent and the slug that the detergent oils freed up, clogged up that passage. Detergent oil, ruined many '50's engines, mostly by clogging the oil pump intake screen.
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As this has turned into a Y block discussion. Shortly after getting the motor running in my T-Bird (57 312) I had the rocker oiling issue on one side. All the passages were clear. The problem was the cam bearings. The oil passes around a groove in the cam. My bearings were worn to the depth of the groove, effectively stopping the oil from passing around the cam to the one side. I tore it down and replaced the cam bearings. All good ever since.
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