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Ford’s mass production of the flathead opened up racing to a whole ... Instead, Isky, already experienced with tool and die work, purchased a machine and converted it to grind cams.

So it took a while before Ford's Flathead was able to assert its superiority ... it was later sold in volume by Hexagon Tool Company in Detroit. The other was a slick four-carb setup that used ...

The Ford Flathead V8 was the first mass-market V8 and the starting point for uniquely American performance. What's interesting about it is exactly what made it possible—simple and cheap to build ...

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.

We designed tools for Honda—thousands ... Dick started fresh with a brand-new French flathead block. (The French licensed the manufacture of flatheads from Ford for use in military trucks.

The Ford flathead V-8 engine changed hot-rodding forever. When introduced in 1932, the 221ci engine put out only 65 bhp, and even at the end of its production life in 1953 the larger Ford 239ci ...

Starting life in 1932, the venerable Ford flathead V8 engine was refined and updated until its overhead valve successor filled its spot under the hoods of Ford passenger cars in 1954. The earliest ...

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 ...

Ford Flathead V8s are of archetypal importance to the hot-rodding community, even though they were never that powerful by today’s standards. They gave Regular Joes access to relatively high ...

Unlike Cadillac’s flathead V8s, in which the exhaust passages exited atop the block, adjacent to the intake manifold, Ford’s design ran exhaust passages through the block, ensuring a constant ...

V8s are about as close as you can get to a "default" American engine. The Chevy Small Block V8 is one of the most versatile engines ever produced and it's been swapped into cars and trucks ...