install a crossflow radiator and increase coolant system pressure to 17-21 pounds. From its debut in 1932 to the end of its U.S. production life in 1953, the flathead Ford underwent three major ...

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 ...

Ford saw that European buyers favored fuel efficiency over brute force. One of the most notable and obvious characteristics of a Flathead V8, or any Flathead-design engine, is the absence of tall ...

Ford’s Flathead was somewhat complex with its ... to CFI was Ford’s new SEFI (sequential electronic multiport fuel injection) system. This included an advanced (for the time) EEC computer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 says that the system can cut fuel use by as much as 10 percent. It has already rolled the technology out in Europe, on ECOnetic versions of the Ka small car and the Mondeo sedan. Ford is ...