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| New intakes for the Y-Block run $370-420.00. I don't see old 3-2 and 2-4 intakes selling for that much on ebay. That might slow someone from making new ones. Its hard to know if Edelbrock still has the old patterns or what condition they are in. Their new foundry is so automated that their old 50's patterns wouldn't work easily. My Dentist is a car guy and has a book on Edelbrock in the waiting room. I read a story Vic JR related about Vic Sr's 55 T-Bird (342 stroker). They raced nearly every weekend against a certain scrubvette, one would win one week the other the next,ect. Vic JR pleaded for a chance to drive the T-Bird, confident that he could win. He was beaten badly and wasn't allowed to race the car again. Is this when he decided that Y-Blocks weren't any good? I don't know.
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I like the shape of those chambers! Like a ECZ-C, but with even more swirl.............64-65 cc sounds good too. NICE WORK, Mr. Mummert!
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Yea I know that Sr passed, but Jr ain't no spring chicken , so he is old Vic now.
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PF Arcand (12/22/2009)
Glen: You referred to "old" Vic (Edelbrock) which is a bit misleading, as Vic (Sr.) passed away several years ago. It's his Son running the company now. What is a bit surprising is that John Mummert was able to negotiate casting work from them, as Vic (Jr.) has made it clear in the past that he thought the Y-Block to be an "awful" engine.. Business must be slow...Actually, that's the exact reason they are willing to do the heads. They have no interest in doing Y-Block stuff. They will only take in outside work that doesn't conflict with what they do.
http://ford-y-block.com 20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico
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John- Any new update? I'm still waiting for your heads instead of buying some 113s and updating them.
Ol'ford nutCentral Iowa 56 Vic w/292 & 4 spd.
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| We got 2 excellent looking castings from Edelbrock last Monday. Working hard to finalize machining program. Testing program on one of the junk castings from old foundry. Hope to get this out of the way this weekend and machine the 2 new castings. One will get cut up to check for any problems. If okay, we will give Edelbrock the go ahead. If there are problems we will need to round up the offending core box or match plate and make corrections. This will likely add a few weeks. Things are looking up. I'm a little surprised to see they will remake 3-2 intake for the Y-Block. They never mentioned that, although they did tell me about the 94 carbs. I suggested they make some "dummy" carbs with no internals since a lot of people only run on the center carb.
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John,
Good work on the heads, I'm sure your patience will pay off.
My name is Greg and I am addicted to Y's.
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John. Thanks for the update. I’d not be surprised if your aluminum cylinder head project has prompted the reintroduction of the 3X2 intake. The timeline sure fits.
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Let's hope that Edelbrock doesn't decide that aluminum heads and tripower for Ys would be profitable, therefore decline to cast heads for John, or worse yet, copy his patterns before they give them back to him. Know any good lawyers, John, just in case.
John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"
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