In 1962 63 I had a used up 50 Merc that I would drive back and forth from RI to NJ with my Tin Can brothers. On one occasion, Feb 63, when our ship had just got back from the Caribbean and it was really cold. The Merc had been sitting out and one of the guys said "I hope you've got antifreeze in it". I said "what's antifreeze", and he told me, and why I needed it. I opened the radiator cap and it was a solid block of ice. I fired it up and off we went. That was one solid engine.
Mix and matching different brands can be a hat full of problemS as it is just sorting out one brand. Almost like putting an American engine in a (UGH!) British car. Backward electrics can be a real headache. And now, just think of the computer matches, etc., u get the idea! I got enough just keeping one brand on the road!
@@Punk-Jw i think it depends on when you born. All the newer fords I've owned and worked on have been lemons from the factory where as the few chevys I have had are more reliable and cheaper to fix. I was ford kid but now I'm a chevy guy.
The sound is enough to make me a true believer. I would love to see the dyno numbers for this build. I would also like to see that setup be used with different options like how this setup would compare with a different intake or with a set of Ardun heads etc. Could you even imagine a motor like that, back in the 1950's, or 60's stuffed in an old 32 highboy? hell, just for originality, Using an old set of Stromburg 97's ? Just cruising down Sunset blvd on a Friday night, turning heads everywhere you go?
Gentilman that is outstanding, impressive work of engineering, that toy give me a wild desire to see it in person, too bad I am thoudsands of miles away, most kind of you for shearing it with us, enjoy your best with it, from Puerto Rico wishing you the best. ......Jesus Torres.
Now that I am retired., I am 30 odd coupe. It WILL have a flathead in it.,!!! I know there are limits to HP bv the raw sound and grunt is more than enough for me and my beast. Going to call him Boris. 😎
Wilson & Woods heads are great heads, they are thick to hold more water and well over-all design.is fabulous. I personally have a pair on my 1950 f-1 truck and the temperature barely exceeds 180 temp in city traffic. The owner and designer Ken Klus of San Clemente has passed away in November so said. a very close friend of mine for 49 yrs. He also had a company called Ocean Pro Engineering , Jet Ski high performance parts for kawasaki's. a true engineer.and also left a true legacy behind. he will be greatly be missed.
I'd be interested to know how the right side of the engine cools compared to the left side. (With the single return hose from the radiator splitting up the way it's set up.) I'm not a fluid dynamics engineer, but I'm guessing that the right half of the engine gets the Lions share of the coolent.
All of them I've seen in an actual car,have two upper radiator hoses, running straight into to upper pipes on the rad. I think this just his test stand set up. Yeah,bet that's what's up. This has two water pumps on it stock. Anyway the uppers are the return side.
Take a look at 2:51. It has ports on the top front of the heads with hoses attached to them. They run into a T-fitting and into the radiator. The radiator only has one inlet.
Wilson and woods are an older design by Ken klus that are now being reproduced by H&H, the cylinder heads name comes from kens two dogs, Wilson and Woods.
The Ford flathead v8 is widely held to be responsible for igniting the v8 kraze with its overall affordability , it's more of a period piece than a performance engine
In 1962 63 I had a used up 50 Merc that I would drive back and forth from RI to NJ with my Tin Can brothers. On one occasion, Feb 63, when our ship had just got back from the Caribbean and it was really cold. The Merc had been sitting out and one of the guys said "I hope you've got antifreeze in it". I said "what's antifreeze", and he told me, and why I needed it. I opened the radiator cap and it was a solid block of ice. I fired it up and off we went. That was one solid engine.
Why any Ford hotrod owner would put a Chevy engine in their car is beyond me, especially when they could have a flathead like this in it.
I'm a Chevy guy, and I couldn't agree more. I don't hate on other makes
@@ericcaves7530 Guess you've never really built or worked on any yourself......
Im gonna throw a flathead in my foxbody drag car
Mix and matching different brands can be a hat full of problemS as it is just sorting out one brand. Almost like putting an American engine in a (UGH!) British car. Backward electrics can be a real headache. And now, just think of the computer matches, etc., u get the idea! I got enough just keeping one brand on the road!
@@Punk-Jw i think it depends on when you born. All the newer fords I've owned and worked on have been lemons from the factory where as the few chevys I have had are more reliable and cheaper to fix. I was ford kid but now I'm a chevy guy.
Finally found what to build for my little Ford 600 tractor
I love how it has no hesitation in at all!
I need that sound as my ringtone. Man that's a good sounding flat skull
I like how flatheads have a smooth sounding idle no matter how aggressive the cam is.
(This is the hardest lope I've ever heard on a flathead)
I think the shared center exhaust port might contribute to their unique sound. I love it.
That all depends on the cam overlap.
The sound is enough to make me a true believer. I would love to see the dyno numbers for this build. I would also like to see that setup be used with different options like how this setup would compare with a different intake or with a set of Ardun heads etc. Could you even imagine a motor like that, back in the 1950's, or 60's stuffed in an old 32 highboy? hell, just for originality, Using an old set of Stromburg 97's ? Just cruising down Sunset blvd on a Friday night, turning heads everywhere you go?
Those are 97s!
now that's a bad ass engine .......love it!
I just love a good Symphony
NASTY!!!! Love that sound!
HOLY CRAP THAT SOUNDS AWESOME!!!
WOW!! Thank you for sharing!!!!
sounds absolutely wicked !!!
That’s a beauty of an engine sir, nice wk !
beautiful sound. beautiful engine (re)build...
Back in the day we called them side WOWS wen U drive them U fall in love they are awesome cars
Whenever I hear a flat head I want to run moonshine.
Gentilman that is outstanding, impressive work of engineering, that toy give me a wild desire to see it in person, too bad I am thoudsands of miles away, most kind of you for shearing it with us, enjoy your best with it, from Puerto Rico wishing you the best. ......Jesus Torres.
Now that's what a flathead should sound like
Just an amazing sound
We had a few cars with flat head engines way back when I was a kid, but none of them looked or sounded that nice. :)
Wow sounds amazing for a flattie
Omg sounds so good!
What a great piece. thanks
Awesome thanks for sharing this with us looks great
MUSIC to my old ears !!!
I'm sold on the muthor thumper!
I'm a die hard Chevy guy but I gotta love them flatties I got me 2 one needs an overhaul already 8BA
The sound I make when a smoke weed I've never had before
A symphony to my ears.......................
sounds like a hopped up poppin john tractor engine and i like it
Now that I am retired., I am 30 odd coupe. It WILL have a flathead in it.,!!! I know there are limits to HP bv the raw sound and grunt is more than enough for me and my beast. Going to call him Boris. 😎
Dang, that sounds purdy!
This is amazing
Outstanding
how sweet it is!!!
Killer,love it.
It's a peice of" Art"
What heads are on an f4. School bus ? I'm sure not 8ba. Great engines still kicking ass. Over 70 years! !
Sounds nice.
Flathead are too cool!
9.7:1 cr in flathead!?!? That's impressive!
Love the sound bad a**
9.7:1 compression is getting up to a pretty rarefied atmosphere for a Ford flathead but it seems to work well.
ddkoda you saying that's a lot or a little?
rarified means little. I think he meant thick atmosphere.
Wilson & Woods heads are great heads, they are thick to hold more water and well over-all design.is fabulous. I personally have a pair on my 1950 f-1 truck and the temperature barely exceeds 180 temp in city traffic. The owner and designer Ken Klus of San Clemente has passed away in November so said. a very close friend of mine for 49 yrs. He also had a company called Ocean Pro Engineering , Jet Ski high performance parts for kawasaki's. a true engineer.and also left a true legacy behind. he will be greatly be missed.
man it sure sounds like way more than 9.7:1. but, perhaps the pipes and flat head give the sounds a little extra "brap" to it
cdoublejj Yeah, 9.7:1 seems a bit high for a flathead. Stock they only had a compression of 5.5:1 or somewhere around there
Wow cool, way choppier than I expected!
sounds awesome where did the air filter/plenum setup come from?
Sweet sounding cam awesome.
Sounds great! Got an oil leak at the front of the engine. No big deal.
That is a flatty with a big sack!
Nice. Am I mistaken or is that a '40 Ford p/u behind a few feet away??
Gee Wizz what machine !! It sounds like top fuel funny car idle
That's double the original compression ratio. Id like to see the dyno numbers!
New sub 😌
Sweet :D
Ohhhh das niiice
Someone just opened up a can of whoop-ass.
Holy crap!!!!!
That color of fuel you running looks familiar. 100LL AV Fuel 🚀
I'd be interested to know how the right side of the engine cools compared to the left side. (With the single return hose from the radiator splitting up the way it's set up.) I'm not a fluid dynamics engineer, but I'm guessing that the right half of the engine gets the Lions share of the coolent.
All of them I've seen in an actual car,have two upper radiator hoses, running straight into to upper pipes on the rad. I think this just his test stand set up.
Yeah,bet that's what's up. This has two water pumps on it stock. Anyway the uppers are the return side.
V8 and the phone was held like it was a 4cyl.
How come no find on those aluminum heads for cooling ?
What three of the mother thumper cams is it?
what kind of fuel does it run on? alcohol? hi octane?
Dan Spirescu with 9.7:1 compression, you can use 93 octane and not hurt the engine
kool
What fuel were you running her on?
Clyde Barrow would still be being chased by the law if he had this flathead in the 30's!
Saweet!
😲MUCHO BAAAAAAAD ASS😁👍
Eargasm!! Mmmm
How much for one built just like this??? Just take my money!!
no radiator hoses to the heads? or not the right model flat head for that?
cdoublejj you're thinking of the earlier flattys. 40s through 53 had the water inlet at the front of the block.
Take a look at 2:51. It has ports on the top front of the heads with hoses attached to them. They run into a T-fitting and into the radiator. The radiator only has one inlet.
Sounds awesome, I'd get rid of the ugly air cleaners though
8ba?
What is the camshaft from, I can't find it for a flathead
Riley Mac its a comp cams thumper series cam. Summit has them for a flathead, jegs,speedway motors, honest Charlie's has them the cam alone s $379.00.
@@karenwall6834 Well, building a flatty ain't cheap, but you can save a few bucks on pushrods and rocker arms! And valve covers, lol.
Wilson and Woods? Is that a really old, obscure brand, or a brand new, obscure brand?
Wilson and woods are an older design by Ken klus that are now being reproduced by H&H, the cylinder heads name comes from kens two dogs, Wilson and Woods.
@@giantrobot67 Ah, thanx.
Would like to compare the sound with an ARDUN flathead Ford engine !
I wonder if anyone ever built one with the Windsor firing order.
Sounds good probably only makes about 250 horsepower is the bad part lol
Is this the start of the song "Teacher?"
Wow. I love it that comment. I never would have connected an old Flattie with Van Halen. Awesome!
That's "Hot For Teacher."
Is that ford a 47? Sounds clean!
I WANT
What I wouldn't give for that in a black 40 deluxe coupe.
I really wonder what that thing cost to build???? Those Heads 8)))))))
Like the guy said if you gotta ask, you can't afford it.
Cant be any more than Ardun's!
Want
To
Buy
I would put a flathead V8 in a Ford 9N tractor
Put it in a '71 Pinto...or an MG Midget.
How much horse power?
Todd Green *freedom*
Needs some better looking air cleaners
Sounds like 8 lawnmowers.
Only 3 pipes out of 4 cylinders.don't seem high performance set up
The exhaust port for the middle two cylinders is shared, and goes between them across the block. Just how they're designed.
The Ford flathead v8 is widely held to be responsible for igniting the v8 kraze with its overall affordability , it's more of a period piece than a performance engine
If your too cheap to do it right , put a Chevy in it, like thousands of others do..
Too much cam........
Well Susie I suppose it's too loud for you too. LMAO
Beautiful engine except for the gay air cleaners....puke!
Not like the rubbish engines of to day cam belts brakeing daming valves and plstons