What are we lookin' at here?
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Bonehead
Skull Master
Looks kind of like a Y-block. But if it is it has really been worked on.
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
It's a Y-Block with a marine "Interceptor" intake that used 2 sidedraft carbs.
The carb setup is a little clearer on the engine in the below photo
RoddingRon
A man in his natural habitat....a Studebaker
Now that's pretty slick!
earthman
Fascinated by rolling objects!
Yep that is as slick as can be. Leave it to you Gas to have a close up of this! 
There are some y-blocks available locally on Craigslist now but finding that intake is probably impossible.
There are some y-blocks available locally on Craigslist now but finding that intake is probably impossible.
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
I thought we were looking at an orange truck with Centerlines???
donsrods
Well-known member
What I can't figure out is how Bill FINDS those pictures in his collection. He obviously has a zillion of them, but he goes right to them every time! I only have a small amount of pictures compared to you Bill, yet it takes me forever to find one I want. What kind of indexing system do you have????
Don
I only have a small amount of pictures compared to you Bill, yet it takes me forever to find one I want. What kind of indexing system do you have???? Don
Yep that is as slick as can be. Leave it to you Gas to have a close up of this!
There are some y-blocks available locally on Craigslist now but finding that intake is probably impossible.
Used to show up on ebay often and I don't think they went for much.
Might have just been the manifolds without the carbs thou. Seemed to me there was a problem running those carbs on a car - don't recall what. Think some of the boat motors had reversed cams too for dual motor boats.
Not too sure about any of that right now.... no coffee yet.
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
There is a complete setup with carbs on ebay right now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/312-...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
donsrods
Well-known member
If a person put this setup on it would be simply for conversation piece purposes. The performance would be just so-so IMO. The reason these were made was to get the top of the engine(s) low enough to clear the floor on boats.
It would have people scratching their heads at shows though.
Don
It would have people scratching their heads at shows though.
Don
earthman
Fascinated by rolling objects!
Looks to me like it would be simple enough to fab your own intake and do something similar on other motors that had valley covers.
hotrod preacher
"Official RRR Chaplain"
def. a neat piece of history.....and as always gastrick is the resident encyclopedia of automotive knowledge
but i must agree w/ don, that performance wasn't the reason for such a set-up....clearance was.....but they are so cool looking that it would look great on about any y-block powered rod...
but i must agree w/ don, that performance wasn't the reason for such a set-up....clearance was.....but they are so cool looking that it would look great on about any y-block powered rod...
It would have people scratching their heads at shows though.
Don
Y-blocks confuse alot of the sbc/350/Chevy guys anyhow.... (you know the guys I mean)
