Ace-Garageguy Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSchnell Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Looks like a run of the mill late 40s engine. Not sure that constitutes "early". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnslow Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Loved that video , used to race a junior dragster with my daughter and built our own engines , same basic design but only 1 cylinder . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, RSchnell said: Looks like a run of the mill late 40s engine. Not sure that constitutes "early". Simply as opposed to the late-style engine without the integral bellhousing. EDIT: There are probably a lot of folks here who are at least passing familiar with the common American OHV engines, but who are unaware of what a very different beast the Ford flathead is. Edited April 13, 2021 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollySipper Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 1 hour ago, oldnslow said: Loved that video , used to race a junior dragster with my daughter and built our own engines , same basic design but only 1 cylinder . I used to have a go-kart as a kid that I tinkered on a lot.... it had a 5 horse cement spreader engine on it ( ). I never thought of it as being a flathead, but I guess it was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchook Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Nice video, thanks for sharing. They were lucky they used adjustable lifters instead of the stock solid lifter with no adjustment. Then they would had some real time consuming work pulling the valves out & grinding the stem to adjust them. Not fun, but I've had to do it that way a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 1 hour ago, mchook said: ...they would had some real time consuming work pulling the valves out & grinding the stem to adjust them... If I remember correctly, some Aston Martin inline engines had no provision for adjusting valve lash other than sinking the seats, or grinding the valve faces or stems (but it's been decades since I've had my hands on one, so don't quote me). Anyway, whatever engine requires said methods, a royal PITA is vast understatement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSchnell Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Simply as opposed to the late-style engine without the integral bellhousing. EDIT: There are probably a lot of folks here who are at least passing familiar with the common American OHV engines, but who are unaware of what a very different beast the Ford flathead is. IMO, early is anything with babbitt and 21 studs, but I see what you're getting at. There are tons of engines from the period that use similar construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bartrop Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Thanks for sharing! As I recall, just making a one piece V-8 block was considered a pretty impressive accomplishment when the flathead was introduced, and even then, it took a couple of years for Ford to work all the bugs out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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