OK, have a chance to get a couple of kinda rough, but complete Y block marine intake manifold with 2 sidedraft carbs. Not sure what they are worth, and is there much of a market for them. Don't want to end up with garage art, would like to sell them. Thanx for any input. Sorry, got no pics, yet.
The 2 carb intake that lays them flat in the valley? I’ve seen a few on hot rods lately I’d snag it if it was cheap.
I sold one at a swap meet a few years back, think I got 200 buck for it. I also had it for a long time.
Cactus currently has one in the classifieds. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/y-block-marine-intake.1164218/ A barometer may be to check completed auctions on ebay.
They turn up around here on Craigslist fairly often. Never seem to sell very well or very fast (if at all). Could have bought a complete working setup for $75 and walked away from it. Mostly art to me. SPark
I'd say there is a very slim market marine wise for those. About the only person who would want them is someone restoring a boat from that period who has to have it period correct rather than repower it.
Could you run this set up on a car? I’ve seen them before No clue on performance, but they do look neat!
I’ll sell you mine? Seems like there was a neat fenderless pickup a few years back that ran one? You need the valley pan and water pipes too.
I literally saw a photo of the truck this morning and can’t remember his name gah. But yeah I’ve seen a few running on cars
They look neat, but it's not much of a performance set up. I believe the carbs are 1bbl's. If you want an intake for go look for a 1957 up 4bbl intake, or one of the aftermarket intakes. If you do a search at Y-Blocks Forever Ted Eaton has done multiple intake dyno tests. The Offy 3-2bbl intake was at the bottom of the performance pile. -Dave
Its gotta be worth its weight in gold,,(sarcasm) What did you pay for it? What do you want? Do your own research by looking at sales sites, make up your own mind and then see what someone will pay.
This company seems to be the go-to place for antique marine engines, maybe they can tell you . http://www.vannessengineering.com/
Was spelling it wrong no wonder I couldn’t find it earlier lol couple photos stolen from his Instagram maybe he’ll see this thread in chime in. I love the look
They look neat but performance isnt great. They seem to sit on fleabay for long stretches for $200+ Being said Id snag one if it was cheap and wall hang it, though it would look real cool on a track nose roadster....
Remember, it's designed for a boat. Boats pretty much run at a constant RPM once they leave the dock. In a car you are accelerating/decelerating and running different RPM's all the time. I was told they are very sluggish on the street. Fine for cruising down the highway but junk from light to light. That's why I never bought any I ran across. SPark
yep.....it's good eye candy.....sold a nice 3x2 at Pate swap meet for a $100...off a little on the price I had on it....
I agree, cool looking but as said above I doubt there's much performance to be had there. The design seems pretty much rpm limited as far as range goes. Seems like it's designed for a pretty narrow rpm range. Maybe if you built a couple elbows to bolt in place of the carbs and mount a couple regular carbs to the top of the elbows. Or a "log" to bolt to both of the elbows and run 3 carbs down the log. Of course the above would be eye candy and to make people scratch their heads trying to figure out what the hell your running
Everyone on here is so helpful ! Seems OP is only trying to flip them, doesn’t want to be stuck with them.
Put plates over the stock carb openings and fit a 2 barrel on each flat top of the intake. Would look good on a rat. Bell crank linkage in the middle. I have a Y and wouldn’t own one of these at any price.
I found 2 of them in a scrap yard about 20 years ago. A friend suggested I advertise in a boat restorers magazine. I had several interested folks call me with questions and one guy paid more for the pair than I was asking. I think he paid me $500 for them. I know it was a hell of a lot of money. Finding the right market will be much easier on the interweb now.
That last pic looks pretty cool all chromed up...my friend Silent Rick had one..dont know if he got rid of it or not...
I saw a complete engine with that setup a couple of years ago at a mechanic's shop. When I went back to ask about them, they had pitched it in with all the other cars they crushed. Including a '59 Impala and a '67 Tempest convertible. Idiots.
The YH Carter carbs were used on Nash and Corvettes. The "air filters" are only for backfires and do not filter air. Flows about the same as a 97...both together. I looked into mounting three 94's on top........cheaper to buy a complete manifold.
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