My1950 Flathead V8

Here is the Flathead V8 on the 1950 Ford. Note the nice modern spin on oil fiter set up.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 950
• 1951
• Ford
• Custom
• Flathead
• V8
• door
• hotrod
• Shoebox

[Osvaldosilvera]

A combination of a cell phone microphone and the engine was revving quite high that day when I taped this video.

[brianszoo]

dude, get in touch with me. i can give you all the connections you need. if you want a flathead car i can help you.

[Osvaldosilvera]

@brianszoo

Thanks, I had the car with the Flathead for 5 years and that was enough, looked beautiful and the engine itself ran fine until it sprang a ring leak in two of the cylinders, bringing one to 15lbs and the other to like 35lbs, instead of going the re build route I sold off all the parts of the engine, OD tranny, and replaced it with a sbc and th350 , It runs good, faster and over the long run, more reliable on long drives. The automatic tranny helps sitting in stop and go traffic.

[vipexperformance]

drop dead amazing - nice work....who wants to look at another 350 chebby - a flathead is cooler than the other side of the pillow....

[Osvaldosilvera]

@vipexperformance

Oh I wish I would have been able to keep the flathead, but when I needed to rebuild it, The price was way out of my price range. I had added an OD 3 speed tranny and that was too much torque for the old V8, One piston checked out at 15 lbs and the other at 35lbs, the rest were fine, the engine was suffering with two cylinders limping, and the fumes inside the car were bad. All the flathead parts were sold to other Flathead lovers, The block is being rebuild by the new owner

[Bamchucknorris]

nice clean setup!

[Osvaldosilvera]

@Bamchucknorris

Thanks!!, the new set up is just as clean, I'll add another video once that one is running.

[Osvaldosilvera]

It's all about reliability, not so much with the gauges but the alternator sure is easier to replace anywhere in the US than a generator.

[buddo1999]

What is that weird noise about!? 

[mrfarmerjimbob]

The second and third exhaust ports in each side are siamesed. The valve layout on each side is E-I-I-E-E-I-I-E so if you think about it it's impossible to put 2 ports between the second cylinders due to the valves and ports being in the block. If you look at a Lincoln flathead V-12, you'll see it has 4 ports on each side to serve 6 cylinders. It wprks.

[MrClimate1986]

like

[5bananas1]

awesome speedo

[CharmedQuarkZ99]

what a great set up music to my ears

[douro20]

These engines are not much on horsepower because of the limited compression, but they can produce monstrous torque.

[Renatubie]

Beautiful, bello, hermoso... Mechanical art!!!