The Bad Bird: Joe Cebe's Y-Block Powered T-Bird

Joe Cebe has always loved the Ford Thunderbird. This Thunderbird is powered by a nasty Ford Y-Block engine that makes over 600 naturally aspirated horsepower.

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[kevinjohnson]

Love the killer underdog. Y- blocks historically significant.

[freddyeltigre]

I have really good memories about my 292 and 312 Y Blocks . Had 55 Ford Coup 292, 4 speed mod a little bit. 56 Monarch 312 put 12:1 pistons and a ground cam, 650 Holley dual pumper, 393 rear end, the car looked plain and not fast but I got 13.98 in the quarter at 96 MPH. Sure fooled a lot of chevies that were supposed to be unbeatable. Great memories of these reliable Y Blocks that never let me down.

[CJColvin]

Gotta love the old school Ford Y-Block V8s mate and the 56 Ford Thunderbird looks badass as well.

[fritzmeynejr]

That is amazing...I was an y-Block builder back in the late 60's and early 70's...I am very impressed with your heads and intake and your performance all around. Many times I had Ford guys and some small block Chevy guys tell me there was not way I was a y-Block...life was good and going great for you guys. BTW, it was in a 56 T-Bird I converted to a 4 speed, with a 3.91 rear end.

[HotRodReverend]

Appreciate you guys giving the Y block some positive press! Other well known YouTube channels tend to downplay the potential and throw out all kinds of misinformation. What is really unfortunate is that today's racing world does not know the RECORD of the Y Block on the strip or in NASCAR back in the 50's. It wasn't just competitive, there are plenty of trophies to prove its performance among its peers.

[garyburnette]

Joe, your t-bird looks and runs fantastic. Keep up the great work with Y-Blocks!

[patrickspeer]

Jon Kaase built one for an Engine Masters Challenge too

[MrSticks]

I raced my '57 Bird on Friday nights when I was a kid. I surprised many SBC owners :)

[patfleischman]

Lots of talent went into that awesome car. Great video guys!

[sorshiaemms]

THUNDER BIRD my favorite car and Yblock power makes it even better

[scebe]

I think I’ve seen that car before!! Solid work!

[GTPcobra]

Great video about the Y Block and the T Bird

[jeromebreeding]

Mumfords Y-block offerings can help you build a killer egine, at a price of course !

[donschultz]

I'd like to see how you got those weird intake ports to flow!

[misterhipster]

I'm 76 and been around a while, had a couple Y's in the past one had the twin tea pots w/air cleaner. Bought a SS396 Chevelle and the that was that, still have the Chevelle and a 70 Monte Carlo, both run mid 5s in bracket trim. Close friend and his pals ran dirt track stockers in the early 70's to quote: We spent heavy bread on a couple 312s and the junk yard 327s would kick our ass's. "chuckle'.

[MichaelAguilar-vjnr]

Beautiful Car Y BLOCK POWER 😊 BLUE OVAL 💙 LOVE 🏁

[RobertBroatch-dcqw]

Roll cage, good idea. The 265-283 Chevs breathed better with shorter strokes

[fcaughli]

Sounds like the car is only about 2400 lbs for that et at 600hp. The fibre pieces do that much? Seems like there must be more lightening. Is the whole original frame deleted?

[leesconstruction]

I couldn’t hear what he said could someone tell me what kind of heads are they running?

[bladoxtroonxd]

This T Bird, sound like 80s Nascar Car