[Land-speed] OT: Old Flathead Engines

[Rich Fox]

Ford Y block and Small block Windsor and Cleveland. 8 of the 10 bolts line up.
The other two I sunk pipe plugs in the deck surface and drilled and tapped
them to fit. The Y block has the correct valve sequence to work with the
Plymouth cam. Write me at V4GMR at yahoo.com for pictures if you like.  RF

--- On Mon, 3/15/10, John Burk <joyseydevil at comcast.net> wrote:


From: John Burk <joyseydevil at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] OT: Old Flathead Engines
To: "LandSpeed List" <Land-speed at autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 7:13 PM


Rich
I'm curious , what OHV head bolts to a FH6 Plymouth ?
John


> When you look at my Plymouth flathead it has the classic ten head bolts
> sealing the cylinders and another 8 bolts above the valve area. When I
> converted to OHV I just used the ten bolts around the cylinders and put
plugs
> in the other eight.
>
> --- On Mon, 3/15/10, Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com>
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] OT: Old Flathead Engines
> To: "LSR" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 5:27 PM
>
>
> Another possible reason - bolts of inferior construction, compared to
today's
> alloys.  Back then they might stretch under load more than current head
> fasteners.
>
> mjb.
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