Ford Flathead V-8 Builder's Handbook 1932-1953: Restorations, Street Rods, Race Cars

by Frank Oddo

Overview

How to rebuild all Ford or Mercury V8 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. How to install late-model flatheads into early chassis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931128292
Publisher:	California Bill's Automotive Handbooks
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	154
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Author Frank Oddo was an avid street rodder known for his fine 1940 Ford coupe street rod (originally flathead-powered). He wrote for Street Rodder Magazine for 25 years, plus he wrote articles for Custom Rodder, Rod&Custom, Hot Rod, Trucking, Classic Trucking, and Ford Times. Starting drag racing (with a flathead Ford) in the mid-50s, he subsequently became a dry-lakes and Bonneville racer. At Bonneville he ran 223 mph in his belly-tank lakester and 208 at El Mirage dry lake. He was a member of the Early Ford V-8 Club and a charter member of the 40s Limited street-rod club. Frank was also a member of the Rod Riders Racing Team, a club affiliated with the Southern California Timing Association.