Re: What ended the flathead engine?

Posted by Gerald J. on July 22, 2007 at 19:13:09 from (67.0.102.137):

In Reply to: What ended the flathead engine? posted by Sunny 4 acres on July 22, 2007 at 18:52:30:

The last Ford car flat head engine was 1953. My dad's first new car was a 1954 I block over head valve 6.

The biggest limitation with a flat head engine is that its hard to get a high compression ratio and it takes a higher compression ratio than the typical flat head engine to get efficiency and performance.

Lots of flat head ford blocks were raced with Offenhauser over head valve heads. 4s and V8s.

I think Briggs is still making some flat head engines.

Gerald J.

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