ZL-1 Engine Block Uncovered

[black69]

Originally Posted by EZ Nova

Lee, I thought I read that Yenko started doing that in 72 or 74. Something about they aquired the tooling and did the block but add the YENKO where the Winter's crest was. I think they also cast blocks with a Yenko shield like the cars Yenko shield emblem.

Mine looked to have the winters snowflake ground off. It did not look like they ground down an area as large as the yenko letters. So I think the 74 block I had looked like the one with the unfortunate crack.

I wonder if these blocks have a curse. Mine, after I sold it, the guy calls me years later and says it developed a leak, and wondered if I knew about it. I said well, you spent a lot of time inspecting it, I said I got it like it is, all freshly rebuilt by someone else with the best stuff, and it is what it is. I am glad I sold it as it obviously did not hold up.

[RobR]

Aluminum Yenko BBC From the mid 80s, for reference.