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Spec History of the Ford Flathead V8: 1932 - 1953 January 21, 2017 Posted by Nate Cooper All, Flathead Engines, Technical Information 1932 Carl Schmaltz, Ray Lard, and Mil Zoerlein, working in secret, take one of Henry Ford's ideas and turn it into a production item - the Ford flathead V8.
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Before the Chevy small block engine became a popular engine platform for hot rodders, the Ford Flathead V8 ruled the streets, drag strips, and the dry lake beds. Looking into the long history of the modified Flathead, you can't help but run across the Edelbrock name a few times. So, we reached out to Smitty Smith, Edelbrock's Flathead.
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The first of the Ford L-head (flathead) V8 engines left the factory on March 9, 1932. This engine used a 90-degree block, with the valves located next to the pistons, pointed upwards. The heads are not truly flat, having four spade-shaped combustion chambers to accommodate the motion of the valves.
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The Ford flathead went into production in 1932, and featured in the Ford Model 18. The Model 18 would eventually become known as the Ford V-8 due to its unique engine. The Ford flathead V8 was initially only offered in a single displacement, 221 cid. It wouldn't be until 1937 before Ford introduced the 136 flathead. What is a Flathead V8?
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Ford engineers gathered up the competitors' V-8s, including one of their own Lincolns (Lincoln had introduced a V-8 in 1921, the year before Henry Ford purchased the company), but they were complicated assemblies with separate cast barrels bolted to a crankcase.
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After acquiring an almost-perfect 70ish-year-old flathead engine, attempt number three started. Starting with a block manufactured somewhere between 1949 and 1953 (making it a "newer" block"). The original bore was 3.1875 inches with a 3.750-inch stroke for an original 239 cubic inches. That left Dorton quite a bit of room to grow.
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It's been over 50 years since the last Ford flathead V-8 was commercially produced in the U.S. It was not your dad's engine—it was your grandfather's. Simple by today's high-tech standards,.
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The first iterations of the Y-block V8 engines showed a considerable increase in brake horsepower. With 130 bhp, the 239 cu-in Y-block V8 delivered 18% more power to the wheels than the Flathead.
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SOUTH Australia's Mike Davidson wrote the book on Ford flathead V8s - literally - as well as producing a range of go-fast gear for them under the Flatattack Racing brand. Now, he's built a streamliner powered by two of the suckers that he's hoping will crack the 300mph mark. "I'm the only one running flatheads out on the salt.
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The Ford flathead V-8 engine came at a time when V-8s were for rich playboys, not ordinary people. Originally designed to power Ford's Model 18 of 1932, the flathead V-8 democratized.
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The Fabulous Ford Flathead V8
The four different V-8 flathead displacement sizes between 1932 and 1953 are 136, 221, 239 and 337 cubic inches. STEP 1 - THE OBVIOUS THINGS TO LOOK FOR One of the easiest ways to start ID'ing your flathead is to look at the heads. Ignore the castings numbers. Focus on the type of head itself. Flathead heads have 3 main shapes.
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The Ford Flathead V8 wasn't the first V8, but when it debuted in the 1932 Model 18, it brought this brilliant engine configuration to the American masses. With a simple design featuring a flat.
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The Ford flathead V8 (often called simply the Ford flathead, flathead Ford, or flatty when the context is implicit, such as in hot-rodding) is a V8 engine with a flat cylinder head designed by the Ford Motor Company and built by Ford and various licensees. During the engine's first decade of production, when overhead-valve engines were used by only a small minority of makes, it was usually.
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35 Photos In true hot rodding tradition, we decided to take our 59AB Flathead from a good running stocker to a genuine hot rod powerplant. Sharp heads and intake, a pair of Stromberg carbs, and a.
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Part One-The Ford V8-60 and 221 Flathead Engines. The V8-60 Engine. The V8-60 engine holds a special position in the history of midget racing. It was known as the "Poor Man's Offy" referring to the pure-race Offenhouser four-cylinder powerhouse. It was originally planned to be a car engine, but it was just too small for that mission.