Engineering Explained notes that while a flathead is indeed simple and easy to make, the way Ford had it meant that it was inherently bad at breathing, bad at cycling air and fuel into the ...

The Flathead Ford motor is legendary in many ways ... now it's time to transfer that heat to the air. Simply put, hot water is pumped into the top of the radiator and drawn down through the ...

Ford's famed ... down to the flathead V-8's major airflow problems and low compression ratios. As you can see in the video, the airflow path for the engine is hardly ideal. As the air feeds ...