Ford Flathead V-8 Builder's Handbook 1932-1953

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Item # MB-28111  ISBN: 9781931128117




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In this how-to book, author Frank Oddo shows you step-by-step how to rebuild all Ford or Mercury V-8 flatheads for stock or high horsepower. Everything you must know about boring, stroking, porting and relieving, and balancing.

Down-to-earth facts help you select components like an expert; pistons, crankshafts, camshafts, and everything else.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• The origin and evolution of the Ford Flathead V-8
• Buying and disassembling a Flathead
• Inspecting and derusting the cylinder block
• Reconditioning the cylinder block and selecting critical components
• Flathead breathing and selecting valve-train components
• Building the bottom-end: installing the crank and cam
• Finishing the valve-train installation
• Installing the piston/rod assembly
• The fluids, modern oil filtering and traditional cooling
• Capping off the block: selecting and installing cylinder heads
• The induction system: carburetors and manifolds
• Supercharging: forced induction for the Flathead
• Modern Flathead ignitions and the rest of the electrical story
• Installation and fire-up
• The Flathead buyer's guide
• Index

About the Author

Frank Oddo is an avid street rodder known for his fine 1940 Ford coupe street rod (originally flathead-powered). He has been writing for magazines for over 25 years. Starting drag racing (with a Flathead Ford) in the mid-1950s, he subsequently became a dry-lakes and Bonneville racer.

Ford Flathead V-8 Builder's Handbook 1932-1953