Thread: 1955 f100 questions

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I was at my parents farm for Christmas and they gave me a project 1955 f100 pickup.

I opened the hood, expecting a six, and found a Y-block and a three-speed column shift.

I've seen tons of intakes for these engines...tri-power, quad, dual-quad, I even saw a Fenton with six 94's.

Can you get headers, valves, springs, rockers, camshafts, etc...for these anymore without spending a fortune??? I know it will be more $ than a small block, but I always liked vintage (readddball) engines.

Try here http://www.ford-y-block.com/yblockpage.htm

I haven't used this place myself so I can't give you a recommendation one way or another concerning their parts or service.

check out the Speedway catalog theres a bunch of goodies for 'em in there. Gotta warn you though my uncles 32 vicky has a full race 272 y block in it with reworked 312 heads, headers you know the full works. It gets beat all the time by everything. A Y-block just isnt a revving motor and theres just not all that much torque, there cool to look at and sound good but the performance sucks.