Ford
Flathead V-8 Builder's Handbook
Frank Oddo
Flathead spoken here!
Step by step how to:
· Rebuild all Ford or Mercury V-8 flatheads for stock or high horsepower
· Down-to-earth facts help you select components like an expert
· Everything you must know about boring, stroking, porting & relieving,
balancing
· Camshaft selections available today
· Pistons & crankshafts
· which are best and why
· Aftermarket cylinder heads and manifolds
· Headers, ignitions, airflow secrets, cooling know-how
Install late-model flatheads into early chassis
154 pages, 8½" x 11"
ISBN: 1-931128-11-1
$24.95 Buy
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Table of Contents
| Introduction | iii | |
| Chapter 1: | The Origin & Evolution of the Ford Flathead V-8 | 1 |
Chapter 2: |
Buying & Dissembling a Flathead |
13 |
| Chapter 3: | Inspecting & Derusting the Cylinder Block | 23 |
| Chapter 4: | Reconditioning the Cylinder Block & Selecting Critical Components | 29 |
| Chapter 5: | Flathead Breathing and Selecting Valve-Train Components | 45 |
| Chapter 6: | Building the Bottom End: Installing the Crank & Cam | 59 |
| Chapter 7: | Finishing the Valve-Train Installation | 71 |
| Chapter 8: | Installing the Piton/Rod Assembly | 77 |
| Chapter 9: | The Fluids, Modern Oil Filterning & Traditional Cooling | 87 |
| Chapter 10: | Capping Off the Block: Selecting & Installing Cylinder Heads | 97 |
| Chapter 11: | The Induction System: Carburetors & Manifolds | 107 |
| Chapter 12: | Supercharging: Forced Induction for the Flathead | 117 |
| Chapter 13: | Modern Flathead Ignitions & the Rest of the Electrical Story | 125 |
| Chapter 14: | Installation & Fire-Up | 131 |
| Chapter 15: | The Flathead Buyers Guide | 139 |