Racin' my flathead ranger!

Got back into drag racing after 45 years! I glomed onto my son's abandoned 88 ranger with a locked up 5 speed.I put a 351C into our 51 F2,so the flat motor needed a new home. I stripped the ranger to the bone,put in a straight axle kit from speedway,adapted the ranger spindles & disks to the straight axle & put lincoln rotors with chevelle calipers on the rear. I also found a posi for the 7.75 rear with 3.73 ratio. I replaced all glass with lexan & removed all door workings.I chopped the housing off the 5 speed[after fixing it] & mated it to the flat motor[quite a trick] I had a pr. Of 16"'x 3 1/2" 41 ford rims laying around,so I got a pr. of bike tires from Whitney & slapped them on the front[looks sweet] got a couple of 15x10 rims from wheelsmith that fit perfect.rear tires are 275 60 R 15 BFG drag radials custom ordered from Costco! Ah,the motor,my master piece.I got a 304" scat kit,ported the block 'till i could smell water,built my own electronic distributor out of a 289 unit,cam is a 400 jr. Opening stock polished & lightened valves.I had a 4 pot manifold from back in the day,so I fabricated an 8" hi rise that holds 2 '78 lincoln 2bbl. Carbs. I adapted a 409 water pump to replace stock pump/mounts. I'm running stock heads,my ratio cc's to 8.25,& they breathe! I run at Irwindale 1/8 mile. Well,the first 3 times out were "one run & done"& back on the trailer! With the bugs out,& the addition of a line lock & a shift lite it's starting to run prety desent[for a 58 year old motor] best time to date 72.91 9.56. My goal is to get into the 8's,[8.99 would be amazing] ......................................flathead ranger

 

I wanna see pictures

 

Pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Welcome to the H.A.M.B.

firstnomad
www.angelfire.com/jazz/flatlandstudio

 

........Welcome.......

 

Cool, enjoy from Conn.

 

Welcome from Connecticut

 

Welcome from Iowa! I also want to see some pics of this creation. Sounds interesting.

 

welcome from utah

 

check my bio,there's a picture at irwindale,i will post detail pictures when i find some. thanks for the interest......

 

Welcome from Missouri, enjoy.

 

Welcome from NW Iowa. Sounds like quite the ride!

 

The moderators may throw this outta here since the year of the truck is just a tad outside the desired range for this board. Stuffing a straight axle and a flathead in it is stupid cool though.

Need pictures!!!

 

Don`t Need to see the truck,Show us the motor! What kind of intake does it have. Welcome to the H.A.M.B. Pete

 

thats an odd one.. but i like it.. i wanna see pics too...

 

pete: thanks for asking. i had an evans four pot from back in the day,so i machined aluminum adaptors to fit the manifold, then welded 8 1 5/8"x7" aluminum tubing to the adaptors. i machined 2ea 4 hole plates and welded them to the tubing. to that i bolted 2ea 2bbl to 4bbl adaptors.on top sits 2 '78 lincoln 430" 2bbl carbs.the only thing i did to the carbs,i removed the power valves & increased the jet size 4 sizes,works great.........................flathead ranger.

 

hello

 

HI,
If you can swing it, put a blower on it. I run one on my 26 flat head Ford powered roadster. http://www.youtube.com/user/flathead26#p/a/u/0/6jeoU0aG25g
PS, I know a guy in here in Florida who can probably build a cheap blower if you are interested.
Happy hotrodding, Jim

 

check out my pictures

 

Hey brother, lets see that mill!! Yep thats very cool.

 

am i the only one that thinks its a waste of a motor?

 

nope. And all the others encouraging it. Either way, welcome to the HAMB.

 

I don't think its a waste, just a cheap platform to get it all dialed in! Get it all figured out, and swap it onto a older car. Its not like he has ruined it and can not put it in another car. If it was mine I would run it like this, get a hot rod project and then swap a hotter motor into the ranger and keep racing it!

 

Yeah. I don't think it's there just to dial in.

 

im with low n slo.

he never mentioned anything about 'just to dial in'
and id care about finding my car first,not the motor.

 

The 351 in a 51 f-2 and the flathead in an 88 ranger? Seems pretty backwards and unique, but hey Im not one to judge. Welcome aboard

 

If nothing else, it's a damned unique and interesting drag racer!

 

damn cool.. really cool if your actually using the 41 as a tow vehicle..

 

well.. well.. I'll be damned.