i was messing around on Craigslist and found this neat little engine for sale. I have never seen a flat head like this before. Do you guys think it is worth the $5500 asking price?
Twin plug V8-60?.... pretty cool, probably worth it in parts and machinig, but unless you have a quarter midget to put it in.... To me not worth it. EDIT: seems I spoke too soon...... Its a big flattie, and I still like it, but would have to sell something to buy it. So I'd be s.o.l
Those heads are worth good coin alone. If you've ever built a fast Flathead then you'll know that 5k is average price with offy heads and 2 strombergs etc. Adding those heads to the list of go fast goodies would put you another couple g's into the stratosphere. I'd buy it.
Twin plug heads is more than just the heads you also have to have the oddball dizzy to go with them. That one has the adapter to go from crab to upright dizzy. It gets real expensive real quick. I wonder what is under those heads. It takes bore, stroke and relieving of the block to really take advantage of them. A cam change doesn't hurt either.
very nice indeed, those heads are designed to double up spark, twin sparks per cyl has been popular in drags for years, awesome heads, flattys arnt cheap to build but for things like the dizzy and heads etc why not seems fair price for it, i will say one thing, man those leads of dizzy are close to that gen and belt( may just be pic), looks like a great engine though thats for sure, good luck with your choice A-tub
B rough to put a fan on it. looks like the genny is run on a clutch like an AC unit. Maybe you can make it free wheel when you need an edge. They also ran twin plugs in Land Speed racing.
spot on bout the land speed forgive me for not mentioning haha, yes it does look like a clutch type , that would make sence, less load for engine always eqauls more power
btw take note of date of the pic this was taken in 2006 apparently, does it look like this still, id ask for a look or an updated pic from seller, more questions b4 u buy in my opinion, however it does say its 2 20 am also and its daylight in pic
Fotoshop, Bet he take,s Western Union ? OK,now how is the generator held down ? If that,s a racing engine would the standard fuel pump deliver enough fuel ? I do see a pressure gauge next to the front carb.
Slaytanica - I work nights so the time is correct. tommyflathead - here is the link for the ad in craigslist: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/3084444845.html
nash ambassador twin fire ignition. it fires the two plugs a micro second apart .Just like msd does today with their longer duration spark.
I have a lot in my flathead. I think that this engine is interesting at that price provided the internals and everything else is just as nice as the outside.
You can buy the heads new from Orosco for $1950 and the angle drive (without the distributor) for $1495. That only leaves $1555 to build the rest of the engine. If it's put together correctly, it sounds like quite a deal.
That engine, for that price ?? BUY IT !!!!! My 8BA, early heads, cam, lifters, shop work, pistons, etc,...added up to over $3,000. 4TTRUK
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