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Originally Posted by Veronica  The last series flatheads weren't anything resembling slow. They had all of the advantages of an overhead cam with none of the drawbacks. Those were not slow motors.  |
aside from being detonation prone due to the L shped combustion chamber... thats why the flathead died.....ford was behind in engine technogy in the early 50's.. due to a stubborness on henery fords part... its not even debatable..if you want to read about it lee Iococca wote all about it in his book... ..
I have seen a 350 in a 65 mustang, yes it was weird... but to say an SBC is inferior to a SBF doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me... as an engineer.. what is the reasoning, the mechanics behind it? as for cost of aftermarket parts it still seems cheaper to go chevy engine... and early mustang parts are cheaper in general than early mustang parts... I just enjoy cars... and hey, if a guy offered me a chance to take a spin in his chevy powered ford or vice-versa I'm going.. now a V-tec or nissan... thats just sad.. now you need metric wrenches on an old mustang....
You could use one of those motors. The only problem would be that if someone else used the flathead out of a 49 merc in an identical car, you would have to get used to getting your @ss handed to you.
The last series flatheads weren't anything resembling slow. They had all of the advantages of an overhead cam with none of the drawbacks. Those were not slow motors.
: You have a customer that's an idiot. Anyone that would come up with the idea of going through the hassle of fitting a 350 chevy motor into the car, instead of a 351 cleveland, which is a stronger motor and will basically drop right in, doesn't exactly have all of their oars in the water to begin with. I would refuse to do it and just tell him it's because of liability issues, instead of because he's retarded.
