Tag: Machining Y – Blocks

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1954 Mercury Woodie Monterey 4-door 8 passenger station wagon for sale

Greaser Alley

1954 Mercury Woodie  Monterey 4-door 8 passenger station wagon. Highlights of model year was new overhead valve “Y-Block” eight replacing Ford’s venerable flathead eight. Ball joint suspension was also new. 11,656 were produced. The wagon has been garaged for the last 20 years still has the y-block, but no tranny. There is rust in the normal places drop me a line if interested. $1500.00 Continue reading 1954 Mercury Woodie Monterey 4-door 8 passenger station wagon for sale

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Decking The Y- Block

Greaser Alley

     Its been a busy week here. I have decked the block from the deck height of 9.770″ to 9.734″  a difference of .036″ I am going to be placing the piston .002″ in the hole. The block was not very square from the factory at all the CNC machine really straightened out the block.  Hopefully this and the amount I removed from the cylinder heads will give me a little more compression in a motor that only had 8.1 from the factory.  I also purchased the Rust-mort and “Black” etching primer for the car, so hopefully if the weather … Continue reading Decking The Y- Block