V12 lincoln engine, performance info & parts

Anyone do any speed work or have any info on these V12 would be a great input ......Looking for speed parts and performance info (literature) old performance write ups / books/ articals for V-12 lincoln engines .... good points bad points , personal V12 guru's whatever info is great ...........

 

Have you searched, theres a few topics asking this very thing.

 

Ya I have searched .........lots ! Now thats why I am asking ..Seeing aspecaily if someone has been there done that .....

 

my buddy has a v12 with a modified stock intake to run 3 97s on it. its in an A roadster i think he will have it at this years pileup.

 

I used to rebuild English motorcycle engines, the first time I took a Trident (3cylinder) engine to the aircraft workshop that used to do our balancing the technician asked me what revs I wanted to run, I wondered what kind of question is this? Whenever we took a twin cylinder engine crank, rods and pistons to him he never asked that question. I ummed and ahhed and said 10 grand? He looked a little disappointed and told me I could have 24,000 RPM if I wanted, guaranteed not to fail and just over 30,000 if I wanted to change it.
These performance indicaters are possible with 3 and 12 cylinder engines because of the degree placement of the lobes on the crankshaft.
If you can get RPM and enough Air/Fuel mixture into the pots the results could be amazing. Getting someone to design the cam could be your biggest problem.
BTW you need big bucks to balance and blueprint an engine that is not commonly done.

 

From what I have read over the years,the only one who really took the V12 seriously was Edsel himself.
The design was mostly aimed at producing a smooth torquer to attract buyers from packard and Caddillac.
about 30-40 years ago, a guy my cousins hung out with had a show winning rod with a V12 .Keith Mc Quade in New Zealand.

 

There's someone in Texas that is manufacturing aluminum heads and a two pot intake manifold for the V-12. They are expensive and I've had mixed reactions from people that have used them (I was thinking about using them on our ’39 Zephyr). Check the Lincoln Zephyr Owners Club web site at www.lzoc.org, you might find additional info.