Posted by Texasmark1 on December 02, 2018 at 05:00:29 from (172.242.9.56):
In Reply to: Flatheads Forever posted by Dean on December 01, 2018 at 16:12:44:
In high school I worked at a "Humble" (Oil and Refining Co.....now Exxon) gas station. One day the owner called me over and said to go service that Hudson over there and handed me the keys. First thing I noticed was the "step down" you mention.
OT humor while working there: On another occasion he gave me the keys to about a 1956 Packard with the then air bag suspension. I jacked it up from the front to do whatever I need to do to it and upon letting it down, the rear wouldn't come back to level....remained squatted down. Scared the begeebies out of me. I go over to him in due distress.....oh what have I done? He got a big bang (had a vivid sense of tease) out of my concern and told me to go over and crank it up. I did and it leveled and all was well.
I have recently observed in current readings of the subject, that the flatheads of the early days (1950's and back) were undersquare making for good torque for the small HP engines that they were. The little 100 hp (Brake Hp rating) Ford V8s with which I grew up were impressive performers under the then current conditions. I too was witness to the heat problems with the exhaust routing problems and experienced block cracking in the exhaust valve-cylinder area. Just a couple of comments.
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