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Does anyone have a idea how many different aluminum YENKO blocks were made? thanks.

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Bunches...tall & short deck, wet & dry, Yenko crest & Yenko lettering...

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Is there one that is more valuable or desirable then the rest?

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Hey Rob... for those of us not too keen on engine talk, could you explain the differences amongst tall, short, wet and dry blocks?

Thanks!
Dan

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Short is a standard passenger car block, tall deck is a tad taller, for trucks, wet means it has water passages and dry means it does not.

Some had the word Yenko on the front, others had the Yenko crest.

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Thanks Tom.

If a motor does not have water jackets for cooling, how is cooled? By the oil?

-Dan

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You run nothing. In the DH funnycar I did not run any, as the large amounts of alcohol circulating kept things cool long enough to make a pass.

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Interesting, thanks!

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Some of the blocks were 4.250 bore and some were 4.440 bore. Any idea how many of each were produced/sold? I'd be surprised if anyone knew but I thought I would throw the question out there.

Chief

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heres a bunch of yenko blocks...............

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...scan0005-4.jpg

bill smith i believe..................

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...scan0004-7.jpg

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Jeff,
Great pics, thanks for sharing. I've seen the picture with all the blocks before however I have never seen the pic of Bill Smith prior to now. His signature is on one of the sales receipts I have when my engine was bought new from Yenko. Is he still alive these days? Any chance of contacting him?

Thanks
Andy

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How about this fairly recent picture of a truck bed full of Yenko alloy blocks...https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif

https://www.yenko.net/attachments/435120-YenkoBlocks.jpg

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That's too cool https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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What's the scoop on that recent pic?...a stash found?...

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Whttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifW...Chttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gifhttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gifL!!!

All the Y-E-N-K-O casting or Crest style blocks?.

I hope Santa's seen this!.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
~ Pete

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Nice Dog.

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The guy ended up with the remaining inventory of blocks...has an assortment of styles, iirc...only problem is, all of his blocks are unmachined (no accessory holes, etc)...just rough catings. I was wanting to do some dealing on our Y-E-N-K-O block for a Y-Crest block, and he was needing our block for all the machining locations/dimensions, but I didn't feel like giving him our block + arm&leg.

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Well,
I did some internet research to find that Billed passed away in 86 so that answers at least one of my questions. My appologies to anyone who may have taken offense due to my stupidity.

Chief