Thread: High Power Flathead

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Go so slow???? Guess you haven't seen some of the flatties that are running in the 8's in the quarter. So your remark about the money is right on but the part about going so slow is way off.

Sure, there was one that ran 300 at B-Ville as I recall, but I'm talking about your average street driven flatmotor. Like I said, I love them and will build one hopefully in the next couple of years, but I have no illusions that the money I dump into it will return nearly what it would have yielded in a modern OHV, or even a bone stock 350 or similar. But that isn't why we build them, unless you are shooting for 7 second quarters, and I bet those are some VERY expensive engines.

Don

Flathead Fords - I love 'em, but 400Hp is not cheap. Guys used to circle track 'cross fire' (180 degree crank). They used to make a lot of Hp - usuall for a short time before the grenade went off!! This is a real nice website to spend some time with:

http://www.midstateantiquestockcarcl...at_heads5.html.

These are tracks that I used to haunt years ago. Dave S - you should enjoy looking at these articles

You can buy a brand new blown Ardun for $53,000, now figure horse power per dollar?
For the money, your going to go pretty slow, ya got to love 'em!
Ken