Hey KM. Lots of people returning from the latest Mustang Bash today. Glad you are staying with the Ford engine in your bucket. I have a 34 Tudor that I will do the same thing. Haven't decided with engine to go with yet. 
 

KM wrote:

Its been awhile since I posted any thing just thought I would check in. Currently working on a Ford T bucket . I rebuilt a 272 y block for it . we wanted to stay ford for the whole build. 

Pictures please! :-)

FYI - there is a Facebook group for Y-Blocks."Ford Y-Block".  Lots of good help on this engine. 
One of the main issues is the oiling system, which there are fixes available. 

I was thinking of trying to go Flathead but I know nothing of either engine. I am sure Ford designed flaws and issues into each of them. 
 

The Y-Block has a deep skirt like the FE blocks, and is very heavy, for its cubic-inch size, like around 600+ lbs.  My father had a 292 in his 61 Galaxie.  Oiling is an issue due the oiling to the rocker arms makes a right-angle turn at the cylinder block to cylinder head interface of about one-inch.  This "path” had a tendency to clog and restrict oil flow to the rocker arms, or stop it completely.  (there is a design modification sold today to address this issue).
It was a mechanical lifter design with ‘mushroom’ style lifters that had to be removed from the engine from the crankcase side and the cam removed.
The intake ports on cylinder head were stacked vertically that curved around to the intake valve, which precluded a straight shot into the engine, not a good design for a ‘naturally aspirated” engine, although with the use of the supercharger it worked well.
With all that being said, my father put like 140,000 miles over 15 years on that 292, and never had to take the engine apart.

 

Cool comes in all different flavors IMO.  In a hot rod, so long as you don't stuff a bunch of modern tech in it (at least not that can be seen) I think cool can be many, many things.  The biggest issue is cool tends to also be expensive.  The cooler the more expensive it also seems.  I mean, what's cooler than a 427 SOHC with a blower on it?  A flatty of Y block is a cheaper way to be cool, but you could do an I6 with a blower or turbo too, a vintage Caddy V8, a B4T Cummins Diesel, or what about a Hudson I6 with a blower and multiple carbs?  Lots of different ways to skin that cat.  All cool though.  Fortunately it seems people have finally realized that a SBC is lame in a Ford.