Non FJ, Honda K1 750 SOHC resurrection.

[movenon]

I'm going to work on getting my dad's '55 Tbird back together... I need the room.
I currently have the 292 out on a engine stand and I'm trying to get hardened valves, seats and guides so I can run unleaded crap gas and not have to keep pouring in $$$ octane booster with lead.
The Ford Y block 292-312 engines are a bit unique...if it were a common 289 things would have been much simpler. sigh...

Oh yea, the chopper  is SOLD....didn't take long huh?  A guy over in the Honda SOHC forum snapped it right up...

Thank you Mike, Ricky Racer (Ted Mc.) says hello..... we talked on the phone today and he sounds like a cool old timer.

Good on the sale Pat. I have had and worked on a couple of Y blocks in my time (my first learning experience with carburetors). One of my friends still has his 56 Vic with 292 in it.   On those Y blocks, Ford never did figure out what the oil was for.....    The valve train lacks pressure up there. I remember the first small block I worked on and couldn't get over all the oil pressure it had compared to the Ford.  That was a 55 Chev with the factory optional oil filter......
My father worked at the local Ford dealer and that was my introduction into mechanics as a kid.
George

[airheadPete]

That'll be fun. We're going to get the 292 running in my wife's '56 F-1 truck this summer. (It's the old ranch truck, with a dent from grandpa's dynamite.) When I compare it to my '56 Chevy Apache's 235, I know which one I'd rather be working on...