Thank God I have BOTH a 327 AND a 283! Therefore, I do not ****! ( Oh yeah, there're both tri-powered too!)
Looks like the FNG is god and knows everything. *rolls eyes* At least the old rude HAMBers were funny.
http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/flathead_websitesounds.htm Listen to the first two...and then play the third one down. Isn't that the sweetest thing you ever heard? Listen to the double clutching.... Beautiful.....
Don't forget the French flatheads. As soon as I thought I had a grasp on the old stuff, these hybrids come along.
"Is a flathead streetable?" No, no flathead ever made it out of the factory from 32-53 under it's own power.
Flower would kill me if I pulled that stock 8BA out of her truck. She loves how it sounds, how it pulls smooth from idle, how it starts first piston up and most of all.....she likes how it looks just sittin' there between the frame rails. It won't outrun a SBC or any other overhead but she ain't racing anyway.
I think someone on heres got a flathead hooked up to a T5 and is getting 25MPG , but flatheads **** go with a SBC and send your flathead parts to me for proper disposal
Ok my new found friend today I'm the kinder and gentler HAMB so lets start with the obvious: A flathead is just a motor, like any other motor except the valves are in the block instead of the head. Yes thay can be made reliable and streetable. And no they arten't any cheaper to buy and or build than your 340 6 pack combo. They were street motors to start with weren't they? When I was in highschool a friend and I had an early 50s merc with a flatty, we drove it everywhere. Sometimes it broke down and we fixed it not unlike any number of other motors you can buy and build. Now you are dealing with a very old motor, and flatties especially the ford v 8 have some inherant problems. They get cracks in the block in and around thw valves and sometimes into the water jackets. so you need to locate a good block to start with then have it magnafluxd to find any and all cracks, some can be repaired and some can't these are things you will learn as you go. If you decide that the flatty is your power plant of choice you will probably learn a bunch of new things before you are done. most of them arte already posted on here. So go to the top of the page and teach yourself how to use the search function. And get whatever books that these guys suggest, they weren't around when I was learning (the books that is some of these guys have been around as long as dirt) but these guys know their **** and they''ll get you started in the right direction. Oh and one other thing, never ever use your sphincter for a hat band, it should only be used to pucker and **** the blanket off the seat of your jalopy when you discover why a suicide front end has that name.
Another good book is George McNicholl,s How to build a Flathead Ford V8 as well as Ron Ceridono's Tex Smith's The Complete Ford Flathead V8. I drive this one on the street about 4K miles a year, but it doesn't get 20 mpg
A T roadster is the perfect place to display a nice flatty. Here are a couple of my favorites. Pic 3 has our buddy Norm Grabowski in it, and pic 4 is blurry because it's a video capture. Sorry... Hemi-roid
To get you started. Like "porkn******", I'd rather give you some "straight goods." This link is in the HAMB's own "Tech-o-matic." It starts a little slow; but follow it along and it will give you an idea of what building a flathead engine can/will involve. After you have read it through; then some of the books mentioned above will fill in the "spaces." >> http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23305
I'm enjoying the new a-hole ripping posts. Honestly, you pose good questions, but these are asked about 3 times a week here so searching the HAMB should be your first job. The books brought up are good ones, I own all mentioned, but this is by far the best flathead book out there in my opinion: Amazon Link A great read. Mike
I can take care of that boat anchor. PM me and I'll come and get it so it will be used like it should.
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