Posted by RusselAZ on January 08, 2012 at 17:43:53 from (184.8.231.118):
In Reply to: OT----Ford, Model B posted by Cienna on January 08, 2012 at 14:28:20:
Model B engine block had provision for a fuel pump as the B tank was at the rear of the car. The crankshaft was also bigger mains and rod journals. The head had higher compression(if you can call it compression!) The engine was rated 50HP over the "A's" 40. Part of the gain was from a vacuum and mechanical advance distributor.
The "C" engine added a full counter-weighted crankshaft under full oil pressure. The head was redesigned to accept the same water pump used on the V-8 which used 3 bolts and a mechanical seal. The "C" engine was not to be used in passenger service but was for trucks at the same HP as the B. The "C" design was built under Ford license in Russia for many years and helped win WW2. It also showed up in Korea on the wrong side.
The B 4 cylinder was a stopgap to keep Ford in the car business as the V-8's had a terrible problem with the sand castings and could not be made fast enough to keep the production lines going.
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