The Sweet Sounds of a Flathead Ford V8

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This motor came in as a block with original crank with the machine work completed in preparation for a rebuild. The parts came from Honest Charley Speed Shop, spec'd by hot rodding ace Mike Goodman including custom polished Sharp heads and dual carb intake. Hal Everett spent some quality time assembling the motor and getting the carbs tuned as well as figuring out some distributor and water pump fitment issues. The result is one of the best sounding flathead motors that we have ever heard (and believe us we've heard a whole bunch of them). We threw this video together just to share the sweet sounds of this engine in a short RU-vid clip, but couldn't bring ourselves to cut it any shorter. So forgive us, it is a little long, but such an awesome sounding engine, we just had to share.
Technical Specifications for this engine build:
Wayne Pugh's Honest Charley prepared Street performance Flathead. Intended use: 1940 Ford Coupe
Engine: 1946 59AB
Bore : 3 3/8"
Stroke: 4" Merc crank
CID: 286 CID
Heads: Sharp-fully polished
Cam: Isky 400 JR., '49-'53 8BA type
Springs: Isky single 185-G
Valves/Guides: 1.5" diameter, 8BA type. 45 degree seats
Rods: Scat H-beam
Pistons: Ross forged
Rings: Moly-metric
Intake: Sharp 2 x 2. Fully polished
Carbs: Stromberg 97. New. .043 jets
Air cleaners: OTB dome top 4140
Carb linkage : Stromberg premium
Rear breather: OTB 6825
Distributor: Mallory Unilite, '49-'53 8BA type.
Water pumps: modern '49-'53 8BA type. Bypass plugged
Crank pulley: Removed and relocated forward for alignment & to mount stock '40 Ford fan.
Gaskets: Best brand. Graftite head gaskets.
Starter: Powermaster Vintage
Alternator: Powermaster early look
Headers: Reds, open exhaust
All parts, final assembly and startup by Honest Charley Speed Shop.
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@JoeHarkinsHimself 5 лет назад

My first car was the 1937 Ford V-8 two-door fastback I bought from my father in 1950 when I turned 17. He had replaced it two years before with a new 48 Chevy. The Ford sat, basically undriven except for test drives of our work, as he took me, step by step, through all of that car's issues. I learned things like putting a washer under the cap of the mechanical fuel pump to compensate for wear of the pushrod off the camshaft, tuning the carb that constantly drifted out of adjustment, hand tightening the brake cables (the brakes were mechanical, not hydraulic and cable always stretched), polishing the headlight reflectors (Ford did not have sealed beam headlights) and so on. We took off the heads, adjusted valves, cleaned valves and cylinders, replaced spark plugs, rebuilt the condenser, replaced wiring, installed a hot water heater (it was bought without one), ditto installed a radio, replaced the windshield because it had been scratched up with use, replaced front wheel bearings and replaced the failing generator with a good rebuilt from Pep Boys. As a result, when I finally had the keys and full possession, it was not just a car. It was MY car. Also, as a result, when I was drafted in the Korean War at 19yo, I aced the tests for auto mechanic, graduated top of the auto mechanic school, aced the truck mechanic school, was sent to The Armor School at Fort Knox, graduated top of Tank Mechanic class, graduated top of the training sessions for tank and other track vehicle Instructor - and was appointed, still only 19, as instructor at The Armor School. All the result of that beautiful 1937 Ford V-8. I wish now I had not sold her the day before I went into the Army.

@techo61 5 лет назад

Sounds similar to the start of my career. Learnt all things mechanical from my step father. By the time I left school I was ready for a career as an aircraft maintenance engineer (1978). Duxed the intake (132 of us) in theory and practical because dad made it a breeze. 131 of the others couldn't grasp the fact that I never studied and never made notes. If I didn't understand what was being taught I'd ask the instructor to explain in another way, if it made sense it stick and therefore I wouldn't need repeating the lesson through books. Love you dad, you'll kick the big C to the curb in four weeks time I'm sure, I'm with you...

@jbroheretoday 4 года назад

Great story. Loved it.

@scottleighton9149 4 года назад

My ex girlfriend used to tell a similar story about changing the tire on her prius

@stopglobalswarming 4 года назад

Scott Leighton what’s a Prius? Is it one of those rental scooters 🛴 always strewn about in the college areas?

@scottleighton9149 4 года назад

@@stopglobalswarming She was from California I'm not sure she could tell the difference

@terribleTed-ln6cm 4 года назад

The best sound I've heard since my wife told me she was leaving me !

@vrossi2596 4 года назад

Both Sounds are glorious.. freedom + put putt puttt broaaaaa fart lol ;)

@Rob-jh3eo 4 года назад

Was she a flathead?

@George-ie1si 4 года назад

@@Rob-jh3eo flat chest

@ronniefrutschi2011 4 года назад

44wetwater 44wetwater best comment

@mohammedgangat5799 4 года назад

😁😁😁

@greasyhitchball Год назад

My Dad, who passed away at 91, 9 months ago, said nothing sounded better than a flathead. I wish I could have sent him this video. 👍

@spartanboss4189 5 лет назад

Fuel and air goes in, Liberty and Bald Eagles comes out. What a beauty!

@rayg9069 5 лет назад

That engine is the sound of the USA, I'm Australian and flatheads are rare here, but they are unmistakable, Ford USA.

@rayg9069 5 лет назад

@Herman Lipshitz Always plenty of cold beer ready.

@indridcold8433 5 лет назад

Liberal tears are the sludge on the bottom of the oil pan that gets drained out and thrown away.

@mattmoilanen3813 4 года назад

@@indridcold8433 So only conservatives can like the sound of a flathead? Now that's a stupid comment. Do you understand what the word conservative means? Ya it describes someone who bangs the bible and doesn't like his kids listening to that Devil music called Rock and Roll. Conservative whiny tears crying about liberals are hysterical. And I'm a damn Independent for Christ's sakes.

@TheMattc999 4 года назад

Ciro Singleterry hell yeah brother.

@Cougar139tweak 9 лет назад

That may qualify as music, Chevy guy but love those flatheads!!!

@thomasmcginley7944 8 лет назад

I'm a Chevy guy inside & out but the sound of a flathead Ford v8 is just magical.

@packingten 5 лет назад

I built automatic transmissions 35 yrs (also chevy guy).2 guys doing chev vs ford thing chevy guy said..."tell him best automatic transmission ever made.....OK Ford C-6....how about TH 400 yep great transmission but I personally think C-6s are nearly bulletproof...Chevy guy mad@ me...lol

@scdevon 5 лет назад

@@packingten Most Chevy guys like Ford stuff. 300 six cylinders, 351 Clevelands, 5.0s , 9 inch rear ends to name a few. It's usually cheaper to make Chevy HP, but each their own.

@13bgunbunny42 5 лет назад

Chevy guy too but the purr and roar of that flathead was beautiful :-)

@allanwilkerson6426 4 года назад

There has never been a better sounding V8 than the Ford flathead...bar none. It is to gasoline engines what the 2 stroke Detroit's were to diesel engines. That's a fact...not an opinion !!!

@db5202 4 года назад

Who needs a radio when you can listen to a great motor while you're cruising down the road!?

@alphasigmasezon8597 3 года назад

Dentists like small electric motors

@FiChr 4 месяца назад

Both true

@brucewalters4793 8 лет назад

They say Clyde Barrow liked the Flathead Ford V-8s because they could easily outrun the cops. I think he liked them because their sound kept Bonnie horny.

@CEOkiller 7 лет назад

She even wrote a poem about it:"When Clyde winds out that flathead V8, panty pudding it does create".

@loisheinzen7039 6 лет назад

Bruce Walters i

@BeinformedBefree 6 лет назад

Bruce Walters You do know that they were cop killing criminals.

@holton345 6 лет назад

Bruce Walters - Congratulations! You have just retroactively won the Internet with that comment, despite it having been made over a year ago!

@randysimmons9838 6 лет назад

Bruce Walters clyde would only steal a ford...flathead v8!

@thomasgarven129 4 года назад

Had a 1949 Ford with a flat head just like this one. Ran it with twin 36" glass packs. The sound was so sweet when cruising.

@randyblackburn9765 3 года назад

I remember those glass packs and drag plugs

@josephpatrick9174 6 лет назад

Flatheads should be in the engine hall of fame.

@ericcaves2359 6 лет назад

I'm a Chevy guy that also loves the Ford flat head V8.

@lostsoul3154 6 лет назад

With you Eric, Chevy dude here too, but our gang started out with flatheads, so I cannot ignore them. Rode around town many miles just cruisin' in several of them.

@imnota 5 лет назад

From an engineering stand point it's not that great, and that's important to be in the engine hall of fame. But in pretty much every other way, it's a cool engine.

@Boss429.. 5 лет назад

IMNOTA From an engineering standpoint it was the best performing bang for the buck from the 1930’s until a GM introduced the OHV V-8.

@imnota 5 лет назад

@@Boss429.. Yeah I guess price of manufacturing was something I didn't really take into consideration. You could also say that the ease of maintenance and fixing is great engineering. But I was talking about efficiency, those engines having very low power outputs despite the quite large displacement and high compsumption and that's something quite important. Anyways it still has it's place in the engine hall of fame because I'm sure it had it's role in making engines and cars in general evolve.

@ew1usnr 9 лет назад

That really does sound nice. There is no hesitation when you open the throttle, just instant response.

@indridcold8433 5 лет назад

I am going to put these engine sound on a continuous loop and let the sound lull me to sleep.

@tomjacka7401 5 лет назад

that's the best sounding flathead I ever heard

@puddles20mike31 3 года назад

wonderful ring tone

@mrbob92679 5 лет назад

Most likely the 83 haters never heard of a flat head

@deere3321 4 года назад

They all have 4 cylinders with Borla mufflers.

@George-ie1si 4 года назад

They probably thought it was a fish.

@davidkeller2832 4 года назад

No, it is more likely that they are aware of how unreliable these engines were and the poor output due to the design.

@jimhunt3488 4 года назад

No, they thought it meant their date had a flat head, as In a place to set Ur beer while she was workin. LOL

@MilesPrower1992 4 года назад

@@davidkeller2832 I hear they're very reliable. And you have to keep in mind when they were made

@DISCMANJEFF 5 лет назад

There is no other sound on the planet that sounds better than a V8 Engine.... Flatheads sound Phenomenal.... This new crap v6 engines will never give you the vibration, sound or the thrills... If it ain't got a V8 it's got nothin.....

@willyford 5 лет назад

totally true the new v6 not sound cool anyway i dont get a hard one from it but this beauty makes everything awake hahahaha

@alphasigmasezon8597 3 года назад

Dentists like small electric motors

@midsouthexpress 5 лет назад

Don't worry about the video being long, I could listen to that idle all day! It has the same lope at idle as a Curtis Wright 3350 radial aircraft engine. I love it!

@ziiofswe 8 лет назад

Rrrupp rrrupp rrrupp rrrupp rrrupp

@piusvincentkihiyo499 5 лет назад

Imagine Bonnie and Clyde hearing that seconds before their deaths.

@garyronan5568 10 лет назад

Spent many hours of my misspent youth working on V8 flatties. My best friend had A '35Ford three window coupe, A '49 Ford 1.5 ton flatbed, A ' 51Ford coupe and A '52 Murc coupe. Wish I could have bought all of them from him but I was too young and poor. I did buy A 60 T-Bird from him but that one had A 352 in it. Lost track of the guy about 20 year's ago. He taught me every depraved thing I know!

@w.g.kirkpatrick2760 9 лет назад

AHH, our teachers. they were the best.

@jamessouza7065 5 лет назад

He was your best friend and you lost track of him? Man..? In your entire life, you'll never have more "TRUE" friend's than you can count on (1) hand...should look him up ..

@planetantonio 5 лет назад

the deceleration almost sounds like it has jake brakes haha

@seanmckay3392 3 года назад

Lol

@BruceLee-xc8ey 4 года назад

Sounds like a ww2 fighter plane interceptor at idle. Damn sounds great

@michaellorah9051 6 лет назад

My top 3 hot rod engines 1) Chrysler early Hemis 2) Flathead Ford V8 3) Buick Fireball (Nailhead)

@josephmclennan1229 5 лет назад

A built 300 six

@GLarryB 10 лет назад

My memory goes back to the Hixson Drag Strip and my '53 Ford I use to run there in 1958/9. WOW, I want one !!

@theodoredugranrut1398 9 лет назад

Nice job sir, thanks for keeping em alive.

@packingten 5 лет назад

Rode many miles in cars&trucks with flathead V8..Dad had a small trucking/moving service we had a 50 ford 11/2 ton truck...it would haul ANYTHING loved that low gear whine...Then. We had a 53 Ford wagon....w "Ford O Matic"...ugly car but a good one..Sure miss those days with my Daddy...RIP Dad...You never get over losing you father when your a boy...

@Slaktrax 3 года назад

Looked like fuel was leaking onto the bell housing from the red pipe.

@williamhiggins842 3 года назад

I am in no way a fan of Ford,but I gotta say that is one sweet sounding FH V-8. I would love that motor in my Chevy P/U, a big block 350 gas guzzling monster.

@dufus2273 5 лет назад

learned to drive in with a flathead. sounded as good as that one. dual glasspacks. best

@myredute 5 лет назад

Now just crate it up & send it to my guy in Longbeach so we can get it to Australia. Thanks a lot!

@jacoblowell8520 7 лет назад

Why does it... I don't know how to describe it... "sigh" after you let off the throttle? It almost sounds like a horse. It's a great sound though, I love it

@chaytonruijsenaars3971 7 лет назад

it does that cause once the throttle closes back to idle the engine is spinning way too fast for it to burn the small amount of fuel and air it gets till it slows back down to idle and it comes back when it slows down, thats why you get that VRRAAA. . . OOooom

@docstruthers 10 лет назад

that things runs so well it's incredible. excellent rebuild!

@henrymccarty8077 6 лет назад

Gotta love a flattie. (Not in girlfriends ) I didn't know Honest Charley was still around. That was my "go to" catalog back in the 60s.

@shortchange26 4 года назад

I made the same comment in a different video. I didn't know they were still in business either. It's good to see they. The grandfather of the speed shops.

@jimmysapien9961 4 года назад

Sounds So Beautiful 😍

@stopglobalswarming 4 года назад

Small tits rule

@xavierrodriguez2463 3 года назад

"flat is justice"

@markreisen7038 3 года назад

Yeah, too bad it's owned by a guy who sell's FLAT SPOT TIRES!! SNICKER, SNICKER!!

@jdau2b Год назад

Despite Fords flaws the Sound of their engines keep me coming back

@BigMack2020 10 лет назад

shut up i want to hear the engine

@13bgunbunny42 5 лет назад

lol

@Solurius1 8 лет назад

The flatheads I build in my garage when I started racing in the 60's sounded like that and pulled damn near as good as a small block Chevy engine.

@robfrye4664 4 года назад

I personally built the hopped '47 Merc that's in my A-V8 highboy. 1/8th x 3/8ths, 1939 McCulloch top hat blower (no boost, but it looks fabulous!) with dual 97's, L100 cam, aluminum f/wheel, etc.. It pulls like a locomotive up to 5500, and has every bit as much grunt as a stock 4bbl 283 Chevy! So much torque I can start out in 3rd. LOVE that old side-valve V8!

@carhead9397 3 года назад

Ok don't get carried away. I love these engines too but to say they compare to a small block chevy ?

@mmichaeldonavon 3 года назад

I love that "loping cam," ha, ha, ha. Had a couple of these old flatheads, back in the day. 1955-56

@johnoakes3106 6 лет назад

Used to be an outfit called the ,"N.A.A.F.H." The National Association for the Advancement of Flatheads." They had some drag race get togethers back in the '60s. My '51 Ford 2-door and I belonged. I still have an unused decal. It's cool. It shows a '34 Ford coupe with a full-race flathead chasing a '55 Chevy and chewing the butt off it. Anybody else remember? FLATHEADS FOREVER!

@davidlarson3905 9 лет назад

The revving sounds beastly.... but the low rpm idle shakes you on the inside. My goodness.... can't wait to lock two of these together inline with each other and fit them into my extreme custom 63' Fairlane hot rod.

@daleandrews367 5 лет назад

Wow! Sounds like something Ed "Big Daddy" Roth might have put together as a show car.

@loop5882 5 лет назад

i have a 63 fairlane

@garybrinker4522 4 года назад

I put a 289 in my 62 Fairlane and love it.

@legebakken1 4 года назад

Nice job sir, thanks for keeping em alive. - Back in the sixties in Norway, my father had a Simca Vedette(Ariane) Wth a V8 flathead. I still remember the sound.

@stcknthpstjim3491 9 лет назад

YES! nothing finer sounding! Or maybe getting it up to around 2500-3000+ in a cool deuce cpe in second gear. off the gas and listen to it rappp!! off the cam.

@georgescott1180 6 лет назад

That sound brings back memories. Just awesome.

@stefanrichter9162 8 лет назад

is that the original soundtrack from "Bonny and Clyde" ?

@barryking8966 6 лет назад

Stefan Richter I

@gearhead4005 4 года назад

1:14 almost lost his combover lol

@willyford 5 лет назад

most beautyful v8 sound i ever hear and i love the way that engine looks just simple no electronic computer shizzle just simple clean nice i would love to have such engine in my mitsubishi colt😊🤠

@mcozpda3392 3 года назад

nice ... but rebuilding a flathead is more expensive than the regular V8 I think ... cheers. What is the torque and horsepower on those engines?

@willburke5384 4 года назад

love the smell of carbon monoxide in the morning

@junehhan 4 года назад

Carbon monoxide is odorless

@bcubed72 4 года назад

Hey, a free buzz is a free buzz!

@stevencovington4715 3 года назад

@@bcubed72 But death is eternal!

@marcphillips1020 6 лет назад

Gas leaking near hot exhaust...yikes!!

@dennisleslie 6 лет назад

The sound of 150hp from a V8 lol.... can't beat it.

@RusteeUte 6 лет назад

Would be closer to 200hp in reality :)

@cindytepper8878 5 лет назад

@@RusteeUte In the 70's and 80's that was more power than your average factory "muscle" car

@butteredbiskit3497 5 лет назад

@@RusteeUte that's what is was thinking. I had a 336 lincoln flattie and it was about 160hp and it run smoother (tamer) than that one.

@Shadow0fd3ath24 3 года назад

Jeez that thing sounds MEAN....im an LS guy but man do i love these 53 and older fords

@mortishastyles1345 5 лет назад

The flathead V8 is good looking engine.

@rayg9069 5 лет назад

I agree, the simplicity and clean lines, why they looked so dang good in open bonnet hot rods.

@wildbillfirehands 5 лет назад

Very nice. I love the sound of controlled power.

@AmericanBusinessman422 6 лет назад

Running wayy to rich when it spits black smoke and backfires. The unused fuel goes down the exhaust manifold and gets so hot the gas ignites to make a flame. Race engines should run lean!

@edifyguy 6 лет назад

It does look a little rich, but in fairness, the black smoke comes right when he jumps the gas, which is where the throttle pump hits, and it will go a little rich then sometimes. That burst of fuel is to make sure it doesn't go too lean right when the plate first opens before the revs come up and stall. Also, the backfire is normal on carbureted engines when you go straight from open to closed because the tiny bit of gas sucking past the throttle plate isn't enough to burn properly until the revs come down. Considering how quickly the revs DO come up, I think they've got it figured out. :)

@Ourarbiter 6 лет назад

Personally, I'm good with the flames.

@oakvue45 6 лет назад

I pulled lumber on a green chain as a 15 year old kid...Lumber carriers hauled the finished load over to the kilns and they were all powered by flathead V-8's with a flex pipe exhaust....Never got tired of hearing those cool little motors cackle!

@SavileRow65 7 лет назад

Awesome sounding and looking

@herk1952 Год назад

You need this soundtrack to play in your Tesla!

@markk3652 8 лет назад

you're right, that thing sounds great.

@shannonsizemore438 3 года назад

That is flat out BADASS!! Never ever heard one run that good.

@greekpapi 5 лет назад

Always loved the look and sound of this engine!!!!

@kentuckyblugrass 5 лет назад

Absolute EarGasm! 😬👊 Hot for Teacher

@hondahamis9511 9 лет назад

its sound like a rr merlin on runway taxi

@chaytonruijsenaars3971 7 лет назад

the spitfire was way better than the me109, btw while the germans got their ass kicked in the sky over england

@RandomActivities 7 лет назад

The Merlin was an excellent engine! The Spitfire is easily one of the best Allied fighters! The Packard V-1650 is an American production of the same engine, which went into later versions of the P-51.

@kraut5011 4 года назад

Back in 1960 I had a 1951 Ford Convertible with a Flathead V-8 in it. Bad ass car. I wish I still had it.

@Kilen81 10 лет назад

Goosebumps all over, damn what a nice running engine....

@jessehalderson8465 3 года назад

This engine helped build America!

@MrHeadshot1982 8 лет назад

Sounds so nice keep up the good work.

@blackwaterdogs4256 3 года назад

Those old flatties were real sweethearts, and capable of excellent performance. One of my sister-in-law`s ex-husbands had a `54 Ford coupe with a worked-over flatmotor, the car consistently ran 14.0 @ 101 mph, which was a little quicker than the 5.0 Mustang GTs from the late `80s....

@kenchorney2724 5 лет назад

1:48 big drip of fuel from the area of the pressure regulator

@tcply9450 4 года назад

at 2:11 also

@tcply9450 4 года назад

hey this video is 4 years old and we tell him about a drip lol thats funny,, it sure sounds good thoe

@carriestearns7665 4 года назад

Ken Chorney yep i saw that too lol

@alanmumford8806 4 года назад

@@tcply9450 Probably wasn't leaking 4 years ago. Maybe the line has perished a bit? ;-)

@TheInsaneWhippet 3 года назад

Very soothing music to my ears. I use to have a 302 cleveland standing alone, I'd start it up just to listen to the music. I had a sluggish V8 engine in a ute as well, when it was idling the exhaust pipe would be hitting the panel which sounded very musical (until it warmed up).

@jamesholz1151 9 лет назад

Music to my ears!!

@davidfarmer2049 7 лет назад

My uncle had v8 pilot after the war. He let Dad driver it...... but asked him not to be too heavy with the throttle. IIRC it had a fuel line in the cabin and you could see the fuel going through....... My uncle said it would start off in top gear ,,,,,, only car hed had "that didn't need a gear box".

@benduncan3930 4 года назад

V-8 tiller motor 5hp Briggs and Stratton times 8😂

@glennredwine289 3 года назад

there is another video here on YT about a flathead Merc V8 with A FULL RACE CAM that only made 175 horsepower. Why bother?

@glennredwine289 3 года назад

but it does SOUND cool!!

@billlowe6883 4 года назад

What's the black smoke? Diesel?

@hondahamis9511 9 лет назад

IT SOUND LIKE ROLLS ROYCE MERLIN ON TAXI

@Johntube648 5 лет назад

You know what it kinda does at idle

@terribleTed-ln6cm 4 года назад

Somewhere Clyde Barrow smiles.........

@cathleenberreie9768 9 лет назад

Love that sound!!!

@sarahwebster8927 5 лет назад

Diehard GM nut but gonna fit a flatty into my 1959 Street Rod project!

@ElainesDomain 3 года назад

409 and call it a day.

@oilsmokejones3452 8 лет назад

Great work but dude, hearing protection...you might need those ears later in life....

@noh8994 5 лет назад

I agree, Hendrix ruined mine.

@joethebumbler 5 лет назад

It looks like he has earplugs in.

@Arnulfism 5 лет назад

Best video on YT.;) Nice!!

@TDoC2024 10 лет назад

Nice plug wire looms.

@solarguy6043 3 года назад

That is the best lumpy idle I have ever heard.

@scottydirkers7855 6 лет назад

I know it's a V8, however; I only see 3 exhaust ports on each side. I love the lope.

@curtispomykal8432 6 лет назад

Ports were in the head casting. Ford was trying to keep cost down. Keep it looking modern.

@charlesvan13 6 лет назад

The exhaust ports are in the block; ports from two cylinders have to pass between the middle two cylinders into the middle exhaust pipe.

@MrFunkia 6 лет назад

The exhaust ports from the middle two cylinders are joined inside the head, so you can use a single exhaust for them. It's what we call siamese ports in the UK, and was also used on the Mini A-series engine. It does effect the performance of the engine in tuned form.

@gregorytimmons4777 6 лет назад

2 out of 3 commenters stating exhaust ports in the head? Incorrect! It's a flathead! The ports are in the block as are the valves. Center 2 cylinders Siamese into center exhaust port.

@johnlopperman2161 5 лет назад

@@gregorytimmons4777 Correct, and gives it both tendency to run hot and it's very unique FH Ford sound.

@volksrod6926 6 лет назад

I reckon it sounds decent.

@1935Ron1 10 лет назад

you are right it does sound pretty hot and looks pretty responsive,, how about a little detail on the build ,,such as bore &stroke cam carbs and jetting mine is just about ready to go to the machine shop have not made up my mind yet on all of the above

@HonestHisself 10 лет назад

Hey Ron I have added all of the specs for this flathead build to the video's description if you're interested in those details!

@1935Ron1 10 лет назад

Honest Charley Thanks, pretty much along the lines im thinking of going, i did you use a SCAT Stroker kit ?Can i call for component pricing just not sure on the piston Dia. yet Im .030 over right now ,does ross come .040.060/.080/.100 over? Do you have a contact Number? Thanks Ron

@HonestHisself 10 лет назад

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@KojiGaming 7 лет назад

One of my friends was curious why I loved the Flathead so much. I showed him this video, and he fell in love a little bit himself. I gotta say though, I wish the engine had been revved up gradually, I'd love to use this in a sound pack for a truck in a game. It's just so... Meaty. Doesn't get much better than a Flathead!

@LandonRoy-cv9rt 4 года назад

Sounds good for 100hp, just kidding

@pewdspersonaldronefromthef5546 3 года назад

Sounds like a radial engine.

@faerieSAALE 3 года назад

WHAT A SWEET GLORIOUS SOUND FROM FORD AND CHARLY'S SPEED SHOP - That is what a proper 1930s hot rod should sound like!

@andrefouche1958 Год назад

I’m 64 years old now. And I can still remember the pure unadultered sound of Dad’s ‘54 pickup truck fitted with a Flathead. I am residing in South Africa, where they were as popular as in the ‘States.

@franciscocastillo4687 5 лет назад

nice motor that sounds mean flatheads forever

@mysticwine 5 лет назад

I prefer the stock sound, although this is great.

@marklowe7431 3 года назад

I'm in Australia and never heard one. Does sound really cool. Great looking engine too.

@michaelpicozzi3910 4 года назад

Man that sounds beautiful that is music to my ears

@fishingwithleaches 4 года назад

If I ever win the lottery I would come find you and try and convince you to build me one just cause I love that sound so much 😂

@HenauderTitzauf 4 года назад

My dad and I rebuilt one of these in the winter of 1960. I learned a lot from him that winter. When we finished the engine, it went in a 1933 B Model Ford Pickup. Drove it just enough the next year or so, then went into the Air Force. Dad passed it on to someone else. Good days.

@rogerhughessr5588 Год назад

My first car was a 1953 Mercury with a flat head......never, ever sounded as sweet as this!

@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot 3 года назад

2:15 this is music to my ears

@daleandrews367 8 лет назад

I was pleased indeed to find out that the destination was installation in a '40 Ford coupe. In high school in the late '60's I had a '40 "tudor"(2 door). Remember those? Looked like a turtle! It had been changed to a 12 volt system when I bought it and already had a '55 265 Chevy V8. I had once - on advice of my father who also had, at one time, a '40 Ford "standard" back in the day - considered putting a flathead back in it. It would have cost too much time and effort, what with converting back to a 6 volt system, etc. Even as late as the '60's, flatheads were getting hard to find parts for and so forth so I abandoned the idea. I eventually installed a '56 Chevy 3 speed tranny and rear. What a mistake! It whined like crazy(tranny wasn't synchronized) and I had trouble mounting the rear end etc. I should of - again, on the advice of my dad - returned it back as original as possible, no matter what the cost or inconvenience.