Ford Y-Block: A Performance History - Softcover

Morris, Charles R.

 
9780989114929: Ford Y-Block: A Performance History

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Here is a true accounting of the many racing accomplishments of one of the most maligned engine series ever to roll out of Detroit. The Y-Block Ford V-8, an engine that provided Ford with racing victories unrivaled by any another auto manufacturer of the time, became a victim of the internal and external politics of the auto industry and the bias of the automotive media. This book will document the wins recorded and records set by Y-Block-powered vehicles on the Salt Flats of Bonneville, on NASCAR and USAC stock car tracks, the lofty heights of Pike's Peak, and on drag strips and bullring dirt tracks from coast to coast. Ford Y Block: A Performance History is packed with previously unpublished photos and personal accounts from those who actually made the history.   Long-time Ford fanatic Charlie Morris delivers the ultimate vindication of this sturdy, historic performing engine series as reflected in the current trend towards nostalgic styles of racing.  A renewed interest in the Y-Block has fostered the development of modern aftermarket speed equipment. This has led to heretofore unheard of horsepower numbers and performances that have returned the Y-Block to the winner's circle more than six decades after its debut.

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Charlie Morris has been a die-hard Ford man from the day he watched the 1960 Daytona 500 and decided it was the Blue Oval for him. A long-time fan of any style of racing in which Ford products participated, his personal experiences have been in drag racing. He has raced a 1954 Ford in M/Stock and a Super Stock 1962 Ford, crewed an Alcohol Funny Car and a Pro Stock Ford Thunderbird. He was most recently the engine builder/crew chief for a championship-winning Nostalgia Super Stock Ford Galaxie. He is the author of four previous books on Ford drag racing (including two from Stance & Speed, Ford Drag Team and Thunderbolt) and two books on rebuilding and modifying Ford engines. Charlie resides in Normandy Beach, New Jersey, with his wife, Gale.

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