Interesting Y Block Intake

Anyone interested in Y blocks may find this intake that is for sale on ebay interesting. It appears to be a genuine marine downdraft intake for a Y Block. It does not have the automobile thermostat housing, and the casting line along the front of the intake suggests that it has not been cut down. Strangely, it has the cylinder numbers that match a GM engine and its firing order does not match a Y block in the Interceptor manual, There are no Interceptor marks on it.



https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Marine-272-282-312-NOS-2-Bbl-Intake-Manifold-3158242-Interceptor/362462675544?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Interesting, Never noticed the ports being stacked. I'll have to take a look at one of our spare intakes.

Roger, I still have your windshield, gasket and parts...

That someone here is storing parts for another or the manifold

Just a wild a**ed guess here but since it has a GM or Chrysler firing order and also has the intake ports numbered like a Chrysler or GM and the color is sorta Chrysler ish, and the port layout looks like a big block Chrysler and there's no hole for the distributor, I'll say it's a big block Chrysler intake

As far as the distributor the BB Chrysler would fit right near the #2 cylinder where the thermostat housing is "missing" on the pictured intake.

The little arrow looks like maybe a Mopar arrow (late 50s early 60s) emblem and the little "Plaque" with the simulated screws above the casting number would be the casting date (how Chrysler put the dates onto cast parts).

Ken nailed it.

Okay I'm here to say that I disagree with Zach who agrees with me and my Chrysler guess.

So that means I disagree with what I guessed earlier.

It still not a Ford Y block though.

I'd say it's a Studebaker manifold from the 50's maybe early 60's. It could also be Packard or early Cadillac.

They all have the same firing order as mentioned earlier and look remarkably like each other. and like the original Ebay picture in this thread

Looking at the number of bolt holes in the mounting flanges and their shape is a good clue.

They didn't have the distributor mount to the manifold either.

Studebaker and Packard were under the same ownership for a while at the end of their production runs.

At least for now, I agree with myself...............I think

phatsat67 wrote: That thing is very odd. If you zoom in it only has the 4 exterior bolts that hold it to the heads. Every Chrysler big block I’ve ever seen has 8 bolts.

The Studebaker has 8 bolts too, the 4 that you're thinking of and 4 more with thick washers that go between the ears that have no holes.

Here's what the gasket looks like so you know where the bolts go

Mystery remains, the Studebaker intakes I have looked at look as if they have a much more perpendicular angle where the intake bolts to the heads than said intake. All the Chrysler's had ave a solid area between the exhaust crossover and intake runners that I can find. They did some odd stuff with the late 50s B engine (350/361) but I am nowhere near an expert on that early stuff.

I looked at the logo up close on the ebay add and I cant place it. It is a triangle with a circle on top like this. /*\

Yep ha.

Sounds good. Now we can all go drink beer and eat turkey with our minds at ease,

Glad I didn't buy it...

Mojo wrote: Sure can tell that winter is setting in

Some of us do have older engines!

Intake from my 2018 Kubota?

The Hyundai intake would be plastic