BigChief
09-11-2003, 11:35 PM
You knew this was coming....
Anybody here ever put a Y-block in a fat fender?
If so...any advice?
I plan on using a pretty much stock '60 truck 292 2V engine with an Edelbrock 553 intake w/3 Ford-Holley 2 barrels and headers (unless I can score a pair of ramshorns). I've got the truck bellhousing and a 4-speed that'll bolt right up to it. I've got an 8" Ford rear from a '68 Mustang that I plan on using (with parellel leafs) to back up the Y-block.
I'm shooting for a low buck resto-rod type build up with long distance (read: coast to coast) hauling as a requirement. The car needs to be simple, cheap and anvil reliable.
Anybody see /find engine mounts out there for a Y-block into a Fatty...or is this an all fabrication swap? The front mount I have from the pick-up truck probably isn't gonna work....especially if I use a dropped/modified front cross-member. I'll have to get my measuring stick out tomorrow but it also looks like I may need to notch the firewall for more clearance around the Y-Block distributor.
Has anybody used the modified '41-'48 front cross-member (3" drop) available from SpeedWay? The front suspension on this car looks as sorted out as it gets for a straight axle (sway bar, panhard bar, slight drop in the later 41-48 axle, etc). Other than a new SuperSlide, tubular shocks, some fresh bushings and a clean up I'm gonna leave it as Henry designed it.....or would a drop front axle be a better way to go as I'm leaving all the original sway bar and panhard bar intact? I also think I'm gonna need room under the car where the wishbone currently resides. The hairpin and four bar front ends I see out there on the market typically have 2500 lb ratings (limits). I'm capable of building my own HD bars or hair pins....but are there any out there already done that'll handle a 3500lb car?
Thanks for your help!
-Bigchief.
Anybody here ever put a Y-block in a fat fender?
If so...any advice?
I plan on using a pretty much stock '60 truck 292 2V engine with an Edelbrock 553 intake w/3 Ford-Holley 2 barrels and headers (unless I can score a pair of ramshorns). I've got the truck bellhousing and a 4-speed that'll bolt right up to it. I've got an 8" Ford rear from a '68 Mustang that I plan on using (with parellel leafs) to back up the Y-block.
I'm shooting for a low buck resto-rod type build up with long distance (read: coast to coast) hauling as a requirement. The car needs to be simple, cheap and anvil reliable.
Anybody see /find engine mounts out there for a Y-block into a Fatty...or is this an all fabrication swap? The front mount I have from the pick-up truck probably isn't gonna work....especially if I use a dropped/modified front cross-member. I'll have to get my measuring stick out tomorrow but it also looks like I may need to notch the firewall for more clearance around the Y-Block distributor.
Has anybody used the modified '41-'48 front cross-member (3" drop) available from SpeedWay? The front suspension on this car looks as sorted out as it gets for a straight axle (sway bar, panhard bar, slight drop in the later 41-48 axle, etc). Other than a new SuperSlide, tubular shocks, some fresh bushings and a clean up I'm gonna leave it as Henry designed it.....or would a drop front axle be a better way to go as I'm leaving all the original sway bar and panhard bar intact? I also think I'm gonna need room under the car where the wishbone currently resides. The hairpin and four bar front ends I see out there on the market typically have 2500 lb ratings (limits). I'm capable of building my own HD bars or hair pins....but are there any out there already done that'll handle a 3500lb car?
Thanks for your help!
-Bigchief.