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
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