Well now..........hasn't this thread gotten "interesting"?? Here is my take on this whole high hp flathead thing. If a person builds one it would be so that they have something different and possibly traditional . Or maybe they want to run a particular class at the races. Any other reason escapes me because with the amount of money they will spend trying to make it live and put out some good hp numbers they would be way ahead building almost any other V8 OHV engine on the market.

I think it is indisputable that if you gave me $ 7000 to build lets say a Chevy BB and gave someone else $ 7000 to build a flathead, the BBC would leave the flathead in the dust and probably live a lot longer. Like the others I am curious why Nitro won't post any dyno sheets to back up his claims. It isn't like he would be disclosing some National Secret or violating his customers trust in him. I don't say that to infer he is fibbing, just can't understand the reluctance to post them.

Who would have thought an engine that died over 50 years ago would spark such a lively discussion in 2009?

Don