EMC summary

[turbohunter]

Love that inside info Royce.

[machoneman]

Royce, you're a genius! What an idea!

Dropping a Y-block in a.....wait for it.....

Chevy Camaro! Imagine the questions, chagrin and defeated looks!

Priceless I say, priceless. 

[Heo]

Not in a Mustang but i have a Y- block
In a Chrysler-24 hotrod
Thought about a Hemi first but decided
to use a real engine

[Royce]

Bob  Make that a numbers matching Camero  lol

I can envision a Y block renaissance. All we need is a guy with a machining center and a head full of cool ideas... Jay?

[machoneman]

Maybe a Y-blocked street rod to show off the engine?

[Barry_R]

A Y block on the cover.
End times are upon us...



Very cool indeed and another round of congrats are in order!

[shady]

the ultimate sin? a Y in a 55 chev gasser. Y oh Y ?

nice job!

[cjshaker]

Not in a Mustang but i have a Y- block
In a Chrysler-24 hotrod
Thought about a Hemi first but decided
to use a real engine

Heo, I'm certainly not trying to argue against that Y-block in there, but an early hemi would have been pretty darned cool also!

[Heo]

Yes a Hemi is cool but the Y keeps the
water inside the block and out of the oil
Sorry Joel i had to

[jayb]

LMAO!!

[RJP]

the ultimate sin? a Y in a 55 chev gasser. Y oh Y ?

nice job!

Its been done...If you want to consider a 56 Chevy close enough. And this holy alliance was done back in the late 60s no less. Guess nothing is new.

[Qikbbstang]

I obviously think of Barry R who faithfully brings a FE every year with I presume no cash awarded to make his trip home any easier. It just makes me wonder, I figure (WAG) that the hours Jon spends designing his motors, the obviously pricey/custom parts, assembly and dyno hours have got to have a value of $50,000-$100,000 and maybe even more if one were to contract for such a motor from a serious engine builder.  Yet the check presented to Jon shows only $12,000
     How much money do the sponsors & mfgs typically pay out to winners using there products?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaOhdZSPd1M&feature=player_embedded

[Joe-JDC]

You have to remember Jon has the ability to buy parts at substantially less than you or I can buy them.  His crankshaft is billet, and he said it was done quickly for him, and the cost he quoted to me was about a 25% less than I can buy the same part for.  He buys at much less than jobber, has his own shop, and the advertising he gets more than pays for the money spent on a particular engine.  Those carburetors and intake manifold were $3000, and he had the owner of that shop with him at the EMC to make any dyno changes needed as they made their pulls.  Of course the advertisements and magazine pictures assure folks will look up those carburetors for their builds.  He won $12K, got sponsor money, and has the engine for sale.  He will more than make his money back if the engine sells.  He said he did not have a lot of dyno time on that engine before the competition.  Joe-JDC

[ScotiaFE]

BB since most us mere mortals run our cars on a broken beer bottle budget.
And the going rate for a full page Ad in a National rag is 30 to 50k per issue
I'd say good use of ad dollars for anyone who can pony up and make the show.
To win it is an excellent return of investment.

[Royce]

I chatted with Jon and asked him the question on how much EMC had helped his business over the years.. He said he was well know within the racer community, but EMC put him on the map as far as the enthusiast public.. I would say he has had an enormous ROI over the years