The Ford Flathead V8 ... here's AUWM: The V8 had a number of peculiar design quirks, most of them imposed by Henry himself. The exhaust was routed through the block to outboard exhaust manifolds ...

In the 1950s, Ford's original V8 engine was long overdue for a redesign. Although the iconic Flathead V8 ... to the engine's bottom end, which contributed to the Y-block's rigidness.

The Ford Flathead ... But, credit the Flathead for kickstarting America's love affair with the V8, leading Chevy to design the next great version, the legendary small block.

The Chevy Small Block V8 is one of the ... but the grandfather of every V8 you know today is none other than the venerable and sacred Ford Flathead V8, an engine that's been around for nearly ...

It's been over 50 years since the last Ford flathead ... aftermarket cast-iron flathead block. This block is completely beefed-up, with four-bolt caps, reinforced bottom-end and webbing, furnace ...

Flathead V8 engines were the first mass-produced V8 engines sold in production cars, with Ford’s first example dating back to ...

Unlike the Flathead V8, the MEL is an overhead camshaft engine. However, Ford machined the block deck at a 10-degree ... and ...

However bumping up the compression on a Flathead is often a case ... and less likelihood of the block cracking, and while no one knows for sure why Ford did it we lean toward the reduced cracking ...

The Ford flathead V8 is perhaps the most iconic V8 ... magnificent contraption getting a full rebuild. Chevy's small block V8 might be the most popular V8 of all time, but who knows if that ...

Seventy-five years ago, Henry Ford made automotive ... its 16 valves located in the V8’s block, the cylinder heads are flat as a pancake, hence the nickname “flathead.” ...

Ford utilized the Flathead V8 all the way through 1953 in the U.S. and 1954 in Canadian Fords while the Lincoln featured Ford’s first overhead valve “Y-block” V8 in 1952. Over its 22 years ...

However, once Ford introduced the iconic Flathead in 1932 and made it available in more affordable cars, the V8 became the weapon ... installed from the bottom of the block, and a weird ...