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I'm selling off several custom Ford Flathead (49-53) racing parts that I've had made for a project that isn't going to see the light of day as my...
Here's a few pics of my father-in-law (Earl Floyd) back in the good ole days. Andrew [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well I've been sidetracked for the past year. My wife's son wanted to start bracket racing so I pulled a 63 Dodge Dart out of my father-in-laws...
I'll have to figure out the design and have something fabricated for a crank support. I'm not running a big blower cog belt for the centrifugal...
Marry Christmas to me! The 180 degree (4.25" stroke) crank showed up on my doorstep yesterday courtesy of Moldex. The reason for the longer snout...
RIP Jim
I'll be using a set of aftermarket Pro-Gram Engineering main caps. I have drilled the center main that will have an oil line feeding the bearing...
The 180 firing order is 1-8-3-6-4-5-2-7. No real balancing and they'll rattle the teeth out of your head. Man, I can't wait.
I had the crank snout elongated a few inches to accommodate the pulleys and some left over for a front crank support, which I'll need to figure...
HotRodMicky. From what I understand (which isn't much), overlap isn't as important in a supercharged application because scavenging isn't as...
Ya, the cost is why it's taking me so long to complete this project. I have a spreadsheet of every expense associated with it and it's not...
[ATTACH] Not part of the engine build but earlier this week this 8-3/4 aluminum carrier arrived from Mopar Performance. I'm going to start out...
Woo Hoo! Camshaft finally arrived yesterday and it only took 6 months. I had Joe at Roto-Faze turn me a cam blank then shipped off to Jerry at...
Bored. Slow work week and I'm waiting for parts. Decided to name my future FED. [ATTACH]
It was filled with aluminum about 25 years ago. Been sitting in my father-in-laws shop since then. If I were to start from scratch I'd use the...
Woo Hoo! The GRP connecting rods finally showed up. They're like little bars of silver, but probably cost more. Here's a picture of one of the...
Thanks K, I still haven't discounted the use of a support girdle and will be looking into what can be made to work with the aftermarket main caps...
I gave a girdle setup some thought and called Jack. Jack doesn't make them anymore and just leave it in his catalog because he said it looks cool....
Nice pics. I love Flatheads.
I need to find someone that can help me with the cam profile. Is it necessary to flow the heads before doing so? I want little to no overlap,...
My father-in-laws motto is “I don’t what to buy it; I just want to borrow it”. Back in the mid 90’s he borrowed these solid machined billet heads...
We'll see. Pro-Gram main caps. Running an oil line to the center main. Moldex 180 degree billet crank.
I'm going with the much smaller D-1SC and even then I need to under drive it.
Well, I'm going to pick up the hot rod tonight. It also has an early Olds Mickey Thompson center section. If I'm unable to update the chassis to...
Procharger
Is there any value in them, if the condition is good?
Just about finished up with my MFI intake manifold for this supercharged flathead engine that will be powering a FED . someday. Other than the top...
I'm wondering if anyone knows the make of the rear wheels on this FED. It's for sale at a very reasonable price and I'm considering picking it up...
I'm just wanting to run a supercharged flathead, although it's a bit heavy after being filled with aluminum. I talked to the seller and he...
Just being optimistic. Just can't seem to find a chassis for myself and don't have the $$ to do it all at once. The reason I like this one is it's...
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