Also, the car would be a perfect testbed for Motor City Flathead’s upcoming ... cubes than the later version of Ford’s block. The heads are also cast aluminum, which saves over 100 pounds ...

While the Small Block Chevy may be the most tunable and the Chrysler HEMI the most powerful, Ford’s Flathead V8 engine has been around for nearly a century and is the grandfather of every V8 ...

Ford wasn’t alone, however, as the factory-built flathead was just a building block. Several individuals ... in Holywood and designed his first cast aluminum cylinder head for flathead V ...