Compounding those was an unusual cooling system ... a flathead is indeed simple and easy to make, the way Ford had it meant that it was inherently bad at breathing, bad at cycling air and fuel ...

However, ever-frugal Ford used up the supply of babbit ... Along with the new name, the 85hp Flathead included some significant cooling-system improvements. The water pumps were moved to the ...

Since debuting the much-celebrated Ford flathead V8 in 1932 ... along with Ford's port-fuel and direct-injection (PFDI) system with two injectors per cylinder. The powertrain sends 400 horsepower ...

Ford changed all of that in 1932 with the introduction of the 221 cubic inch flathead V8. Almost immediately upon its introduction, gearheads were racing Fords powered by the new flathead V8.

Seventy-five years ago, Henry Ford ... flathead’s narrow intake passages, Kirby and induction expert Paul Schalk experimented with valve sizes and angles. Kirby developed a full-flow oiling ...

Legendary photographer, Randy Lorentzen, knows a cool car when he sees one, and his Flathead ... fuel pump. To gain the necessary clearance with the new manifold and carbs the deep Ford sediment ...

We're talking about the world of the Ford Electronic Engine Control ... That leads us to the electronic fuel injectors and the EFI fuel system. It's a simple enough concept. For a constant air ...

Ford Flathead V8s are of archetypal importance to ... The goal is to break the Blown Fuel Roadster and Blown Gas Roadster records at Bonneville, which currently sit at 203.4 mph and 208.24 mph ...