Ford introduced this engine with five displacements throughout the years. Third-gen Ford F-series trucks with 292 cu-in Y-block engines were famous for their distinctive exhaust note and decent ...

The Y-Block swiftly grew to 272, 292, and finally 312 ci by 1956 ... Ted Eaton of Eaton Balancing boldly decided to enter Ford's Y-block in the Engine Masters Challenge at the University of ...

The Ford Y-block is a stodgy old cast-iron American ... For a peaceful, fun-loving street engine you can build quite the 292- or 312ci Y-block and have plenty of power for the cruise.

Still much work remains to be done on the 292-inch Y-Block-engine. It features South American ... In addition to the 1935 Ford Model 48, I have my dad's collection of hot rod magazines." ...

The Mercury version (also used in the Ford Thunderbird) was bumped up to 292 ci (4.7 ... mentioning that the engine introduced in 1954 was not FoMoCo's first nor last Y-block.

Getting its name from its powertrain block resembling the letter “Y,” the Y-block was Ford’s first overhead valve engine. It received a lot of attention for good and bad reasons. The first ...

The Y-block replaced the legendary flathead engine, and debuted in 1952 with Lincoln, and 1954 with Ford. Engine sizes ranged ... Y-Block (a bored and stroked 292) in the Popular Hot Rodding ...

A gentleman by the name of George Stirrat and eight of his colleagues started the development of the Ford small block ... The successor of the Y-block engine started production in 1961, and ...