I have a few pictures of a flathead Ford six powered roadster at El Mirage
in around 50. Its an early day flopper with a tilt up body and ran pretty
good at the time. I think they were used as boat race motors at that time
also. My motors manual also show the Ford 6 with 4 mains not unlike Dodge
and GMC and most others. Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: >From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
>To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 6:31 PM
>Subject: Re: Ford Sixes
>
>
>> In a message dated 5/25/2001 4:54:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> saltrunner@montana.com writes:
>>
>>
>> > > EVERY BODY MUST BE RACIN. WISH I WAS! DOES ANY BODY KNOW OF ANY ONE
>WHO
>> > HAS RACE BUILT A FORD FLATHEAD 6 CYL ? DOES ANY ONE MAKE SPEED PARTS? I
>HAVE
>> > 3 OF EM, AND WAS WONDERIN IF THEY'RE GOOD FOR ANYTHING BESIDES BOAT
>ANCHORS!
>> >
>>
>> Scott,
>> My experience was that they were only marginal for boat anchors.
>The
>> 3.3 X 4.4 B/S ratio with 3 mains didn't exactly lend itself readily to
>> anything beyond "stump-pulling".
>> I had a 49 Ford 6 cyl. coupe that could beat most of the stock
>Flatty
>> V/8's, as well as a 51 Ford 6 cyl. pickup. They wouldn't last as long as
>the
>> Flatty V/8's and had no personality (narrow power band, no top end,
etc.).
>> The later 240/300 series 7-main bearing OHV Ford 6's run much
>better
>> and I'm told have more potential than the 7-Main bearing GM 6's.....Ardun
>> Doug King
>>
>>THANKS FOR THE REPLY.....I CANT REMEMBER EVER SEEIN ONE IN A RACE CAR, THE
>(GOOD) ONE I HAVE IS ACTUALLY A 254 CU IN 53 TRUCK ENGINE. KINDA RARE I
>THINK....ANY WAY ID HAFTA GET A BOAT TO THROW IT OUT OF........ I ALSO HAVE
>A 62 VINTAGE 262 CU IN TRUCK ENG.(FORD).....TALK ABOUT ODDBALLS!
>THANKS SCOTT
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