Ditto what Werby said. The Lincoln/ truck y-block was the first FoMoCo overhead valve V-8. The basic design dates to 1952, and they were stout well engineered engines that performed quite well in competition winning the Carrara Panamerican road race for three years in a row until it's cancellation in 1955. The Lincolns beat everything in their class as well as many "sports cars" of the day. The cars were prepped by Bill Stroope. The Lincoln Y-block grew to 368 cubes and was available as a performance option on the '57 Mercury. The Daytona 500 convertible series was won by a '57 Merc driven by Tim Flock and powered by a 368 Lincoln with dual four barrels dubbed the "M-335". Again these were prepped by Bill Stroope. The Lincoln Y waas also used in some of the "Battle-bird" factory experimental "57 T-Birds that the factory campaigned at Daytona Speed Week that same year, along with the Ford Y-block. Though quite heavy, these engines are capable of being bored and stroked in excess of 430 cubes. Not to be confused with MEL series which was introduced in '58. There is a Forum member here who has a few of these. Royce B. you out there? Anyway these are some great "forgotten engines" that achieved some remarkable things in a short period of time.
When you look at the block architecture it very clear that it was a major influence on the FE design. And to think all this was done before c***y invented the engine in 1955. By the way, if you look at the heads on the Lincoln you will see where sbc engineers got their design lead from!
Randy
Randy
63 1/2 fastback 428 auto
57 Ranchero Y-block
