Fancy pants Cadillacs and LaSalles were powered by V8s, while more proletarian vehicles like Ford's Model A ... valve conversion cylinder heads. If you had a flathead in the 30s and wanted to ...

While the Small Block Chevy may be the most tunable and the Chrysler HEMI the most powerful, Ford’s Flathead V8 engine has been around for nearly a century and is the grandfather of every V8 ...

the Ford flathead V8 - named after the flat shape of its cylinder head, with its valves upside down beside the pistons in the V like one half of a T-head - has powered countless models ...

While it’s not without its flaws, the Ford flathead V-8 marked a significant ... and designed his first cast aluminum cylinder head for flathead V-8s. Also in 1946, Edelbrock created its first ...