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Flathead Jack told me one time, that no matter how much you bore, stroke, port or cam a Flathead, that N/A it won't make much over 200 HP. The...
Flat tops will give you near 12:1 compression in a 292 so they're not an on the shelf item.Tom has a piston deal with Ross and can get them, but...
Tom, about 7 or 8 years ago I designed and cast 3 different intake manifolds for the Chevy 250/292 engines. One of them was a triple side draft...
It would be for a Stovebolt, not a Jimmy. Quite a bit of difference in the port spacing between them....
The other Fatman's thread on here states the their lawyers are contacting people that are owed money to get that resolved. If you are on the list...
Was the plug under the rear main removed when the block was cleaned...? That one is often overlooked too...
The 151 engines had a 4" bore and 3" stroke, they were 1/2 of the 302 Chevy V8, thus 151 cubic inch. There is some interchange between the early...
Isn't he one of the Administrators of The Home Foundry forum. He has a video of that intake. He has several other videos and threads of other...
They would just tell you they are not interested and to take your engine somewhere else. I worked in a race engine shop as a machinist for over 15...
Bigger is not always better for sure! A group of us over on Inliners about 10 or 12 years ago debunked the age old myth that the closed chamber...
I think he meant 300 HP....
I was actually going to make casting patterns for a Weber dual side draft intake for this engine....just never got a good feel for which cylinder...
Devcon is a better epoxy product brand and it can be stiffened up even more by mixing/blending metal shavings into it as you mix the hardener in...
Yes it was! A good feature write up is in Tex Smith's Flathead Ford book. Very innovative and awesome power from such a vintage engine...
X2....no one will ever one up the Flatfire engine!
Where in Tn...?
261's were cast in 1954 also.....the fact it has numbers on the distributor pad indicate it's a production block and not a service block cast in...
It's not just ARP bolts that make you have to resize the rods, it's the distortion of removing the bolt period that is as much of the cause...
A piston stop is going to be the most accurate and precise method to find "true TDC"....
Many times, a foundry will settle for anyone willing to pay an outstanding bill and give you any raw castings or patterns the deadbeat customer...
Yeah, Speedway's house brand stuff is made on China, just like Jeg's and Summit. If that's what you want your money to support, then I guess it's...
Not sure about these early 4 cylinders, but the GM Stovebolt's where timed off of the flywheel. Not sure how long before they were made that they...
There is a minimum crown thickness that becomes unsafe and compromises piston strength, even in forged pistons. So err to the side of caution.....
Since your friend is building the engine, can't he provide them with the cam specs...? The installed height of the springs he needs should be easy...
Most any cam company can tell you the recommended spring pressures and where to get springs....
Can you provide any dimensions like port spacing and shape/size, bolt pattern...etc...?
I can make some patterns for castings if you need some. I made patterns for side draft Weber intakes for the Chevy 6 250/292 and the 153 4...
There's a guy that used to run one of those in Comp Eliminator in a rear engine dragster. It made 470 HP@7500 RPM and ran mid 8's in the quarter...
If you get Tex Smith's Flathead book that was printed over 20 years ago, there have been many Flathead Ford that have made over 250 HP naturally...
Titanium shavings do the same as magnesium. Very bright flame and super hot!
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