Technical Flathead running without a head

My cousin sent me this link of the most amazing video of a flathead V8 running with only one head. I did a search and didn't find anything on here about this that had been posted. If it's a duplicate, feel free to delete it.

http://www.bangshift.com/blog/Neato-Video-Running-a-Flathead-V8-Without-a-Cylinder-Head.html

 

neat!

 

Makes me want to pull a cylinder head off tonight just for fun!

 

Right I remember this one from a couple of months back... kinda wanted to see it again.

 

that would only be half the H P

 

They used to set up Model A engines (IIRC) to run on two cylinders and used the other two as a compressor.

 

neato!

 

awesome!

 

Wild Turkey, they also did that with a flathead 8 cyl...We had one on display at the Towe Ford Museum, in Sacramento Ca.

4TTRUK

 

that is HAMBr.... Mart. Lives in UK

 

A friend of mine here in Arkansas goes to swap meets with a 59AB missing one head. Fires it up and watches people gawk!

 

Wahoo! That's inspirational.

 

Nice Video!!!!

 

heard lots of people here have lost their head at one time or another. is that a early Edelbrock "Regular" intake manifold?

 

In reality a flat-head v/8 is two four cylinders engines running on a common crankshaft.

 

Barney Navarro set a record with his roadster with only 4 pistons in his. Cool engines. Always will be.

 

Fords are built that way. The compressor that constuction uses for air to power jack hammers is in reality a ford small block running on one side only and using the other side to compress the air for the jack hammer.

 

I wonder what issues could arise from doing that for an extended period?




I guess it would be just like my Pontiac 194.5!


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Banger compressor.

 

I believe I saw that at Petit Jean car show two years ago. Really cool

 

My old man used to run one for shits and giggles back in the 50s. Won a few beers with it..........

 

I was gonna say that exact same thing! If it's the same guy he also had a little V8-60 on his trailor he fired up for me. I like getting up to the mountain but it seems like it's the same ole thing every year.