Junkyard Ford Flathead Becomes A Classic Hot Rod V8 – Engine Power S1, E8

1. Great job lads

2. Some of what was said is not true. Henry Ford knew full good and well ahead of time that if he could bring a mass-produced V8 into the marketplace – that guys would take it and try to make it more powerful than it was in stock form, and that a hot rod parts industry would spring up around it. He knew all of this ahead of time. He actually had his engineers working for 2-3 years to try to come up with a way to mass-produce a V8 engine. I read the book Ford: The Man and the Machine.

3. That flathead has a lot of parts, such as the valves and springs, that are a lot harder to install than the engines I've overhauled.

4. And I thought I might have been able to rebuild one of these babies!

5. This must have been before the invention of the nitrile gloves. God

6. Like, in a Nissan? Mouse~mouse!! Be American Buy American, Buy American feed America.

7. I picked up a unused remanufactured late model flattie from a local farmer who had it sitting on a small pallet under his workbench. But since it sat there for 30 yrs, it will need to be torn down to make sure moisture or mice didn't find a way into the engine. Hopefully all parts except gaskets are reusable befire I put it into my 1949 Ford F47 pickup. An F1 in the USA. Paid $150.

8. How don't I have to pay for this?

9. Flatty for ever

10. I just picked myself up a military jeep, Willy, Overland this motor is what’s under the hood not sure if it is in good but it looks better than what you’re starting with. Maybe it’s got a chance.

11. When I couldn't even reach into the engine compartment (had to climb in there) my Dad taught me how to work on flat heads. This meant I had to do most of the dirty work; he told me it would build character. I'm still waiting on the character thing but so far no banana.

12. FLATHEADS FOREVER !

13. I have the same engine. Complete. On an engine stand. It needs what you did. May 2023. I'd sell it. Value? Unknown.

14. put bearing in freezer they will shrink and fall in place, no more banging.

15. Gracias

16. Can you do a build on a Australian straight 6 overhead cam barra turbo able to make 2000 hp

17. Please forgive me, but that is 8 lawnmower engines welded together.

18. 239 or 337?

19. I saw a Ford video some years ago ,showing the assembly lines, from back in the day , but the most interesting part of the video , was the part where they showed a hill side out behind the building where Ford cast the Flathead blocks , and the whole hill side for as far as you could see where Flathead blocks laying on the ground in rust , the narrator said they guesstimated there were over a million Flatheads up on that hillside , They were trying to have them lay out in the weather for 10 yrs, before they brought them back in and cleaned them back up to assemble and use ! Narrator said they did this because the rust actually strengthened the block's !

20. Are there any custom cast flat blocks with more crank journals/main caps?

21. Overhead valve is a passing fancy.

22. Thanks I'm hooked on this kind of engine

23. The problem with all flat head engines was the heads. They ALL Cracked!

24. So supposed to take out the crankshaft so that you can bang the connecting rod the piston out

25. Love a good engine build

26. Is a great thing to be a mechanic especially if you have a devotion for it only problem I saw was mechanic biggest mistakes over The years exposing they skins to all does chemical components and dust metal particles with no protection

27. Dude sounds like Woody Harrelson.

28. Nissan truck? blasphemy

29. I drove a 52 Ford with a "Flat Head", I liked it, it ran quietly, but eventually needed major repairs! I remember seeing these flatheads being sold as power units on a base
    complete with radiator.

30. i was chillin with a friend, eric who owns a machine shop he had a lightbulb go off in his head and told me that he has a flathead in the back, so we both went, I havent really seen a flathead up close. its mind blowing how "backwards" cylinder heads were and. This one was from a 1933 Ford. Eric said by time hes done cleaning up, and flatening everything. the engine builder will try to make 230-250 out of this stock crate. of course, Eric had to balance crankshaft thoroughly for performance. (wasnt a standard thing in factory in 1933)

31. I've seen these flathead installed in motor cycle frames!! they sound great!!

32. A majority of the greatest innovations in the auto industry were made by the non college educated in their garage.

33. The Lincoln V8 was a totally different engine, not just a longer stroke! You may be thinking of the '49-'53 Mercury.

34. The Model B was the four cylinder model in 1932. Only the V8 was designated Model 18.

35. sparking plug

36. motor oil

37. crank

38. Mike Galley was there for years, John Bouchard, much less. I thoroughly enjoyed the episodes they hosted. As to why they were let go, who knows. They were excellent.

39. Perfekt !!!!!!!!

40. Yea, cuz 80 year old flathead V8s are just readily available at junkyards.

41. It sounds contradictory.

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