Ford Flathead V8 Cylinder Heads

H h started in 1972 with rebuilding all early ford flathead engines from model a b s t s and v8 ford flatheads from 1932 36 lb s 59a s 8ba s v8 60 s lincoln 337 lincoln v12 s and y block ford and mercury.

Ford flathead v8 cylinder heads.

By 1936 the engine was called a model 68 and production passed the 3 million mark. If someone is talking about a 24 stud he means an engine with 24 head nuts or 24 studs in the block. Development of the flathead v8 racing head basically ended in the. His passion for hot rods and to create new products has helped the after market industry continue to grow.

Ford flathead v8 cylinder head parts in stock with same day shipping. They re ribbed for added strength and have a large water capacity and excellent breathing characteristics. During the engine s first decade of production when overhead valve engines were used by only a small minority of makes it was usually. Sold in pairs these a356 aluminum t 6 tempered cylinder heads are either for 1948 and earlier 350 1125 or 1949 53 350 1115 ford and mercury flathead v8s.

Compression ratio is 8 0 1 on blocks with a 3 16 base relief stock bore and stroke. Ford has build several cylinderheads but only 4 different heads in count of the head nuts. One simple characteristic of a ford flathead is the number of head nuts per cylinder. 17 21 24 and 27.

This grew into 6 different ardun v8 60 intakes lincoln 337 heads and intakes lincoln v12 intakes and heads and ford flathead intakes. The ford flathead v8 often called simply the ford flathead flathead ford or flatty when the context is implicit such as in hot rodding is a v8 engine with a flat cylinder head designed by the ford motor company and built by ford and various licensees. Welcome to the web site of h h flatheads. The heads of a flathead engine have always been a subject of great interest.

The home of the ford flathead rebuilding specialist from mild to wild. By this point over 2 million ford flathead v8 engines had been produced for ford automobiles and trucks and for commercial use in other vehicles. Cylinder bore and used stock ford felpro head gaskets since the bore size was only 0 060 over.