I'm doing some research on the lincoln y blocks. Is there a forum like this for the LYB? Need some of the same info I've looked around here for like stroking. boring etc.

Rocky

Information is on the net but it is spotted.

The best source is a website called the MERCURY MERMAID. The restorer of this car is most knowledgeable.

http://webpages.charter.net/brechlrl/pages/otherprojects.htm

I have this car...a 56 Victoria 2dht. Obviously it came with the 272-312....I have all the parts to put a 430 in it. I'm trying to come up with some way to build this car so that if I or someone else in the future, wants to go back to the y block engine, they can do so. If I set it up as a LYB optional car, if someone wanted a 312 instead of the lyb, will the 312 swap out? I guess what I'm asking is, if the car was all stock, could I yank the ford y block and put a LYB in it FORGetting about the trans. I have that part figured out.

R

The LINC Y-BLOCK consisted (mainly) of the 341/368CI engines, discontinued in 1957. The MEL SERIES (430) was introduced in 1958 and is a very close cousin of the FE (390).

Which engine series are you working with?

Right now I have a 430 but I'd like to get an engine that looks like the old y block, to swap out occasionally. I don't have a 368 right now but have bought a 6 stromberg 368 intake and the elusive aftermarket bellhousing and flywheel that fits the lyb. If I could determine that the lyb would fit the front crossmember like the ford y block does, I'd be OK. I guess I'll have to see if I can come up with a 368 core to experiment with.

Rocky

Yes, the 368 will go into the 56 with little work. Few know, but the 56 FORD had an optional 368 POLICE engine. Very rare.

I have photos of a 56 S-CODE but some moron restored it and put a 390 in it's place...

Or was there a special police engine, do you know any details?

I stumbled across this while browsing one day. A 56 CROWN was being sold on one of those fancy car auction sites and the restorer must have not realized it was a 368 and put a 390 into it. I researched what little I could find and there was a 1956 Police Option 368 (Special Order). I do not know the details but there has to be a reference in either the MPC of the period or the repair manual.