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Good info....
The Y-block wasn't that great of an engine. Ford's first attemp at an overhead valve V8. Notourious for valvetrain issues if run hard. Mushroom tappet lifters, you have to put the lifters in before the cam. Even the timing chain is odd, you line up the timing marks to the two odd colored links that are 12 links apart. Stacked intake ports. Only the 312 got a crank damper.
I have one in a boat. 256" with the upgrade to make it 150HP. Only reason it is there is because of originality and it is already there and running.
I have also owned a 223 straight six. Which is pretty much a 6-cylinder version of a Y-block. Not that great of an engine. Both of mine had upgraded oiling done to them, and they still had wear issues. I have even seen a 223 swapped into a Bronco. Mated to the stock 3-speed. That was a bastard.
Cars got traditional engine mounting, 2 engine mounts and a transmission mount just in front of the driveshaft. Trucks got the two mounts on the bellhousing and a single under the crank pulley. So there would be fabbing a couple of crossmemers to install a different style drivetrain. At this point you could put just abou anything in. Watch oil pan clearance to the front axle.