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The Ford flathead V8 was licensed to other producers. It was used by Simca in France until 1961 and in Brazil until 1964 for cars and until 1990 in the Simca Unic Marmon Bocquet military truck. [6] In the United States, the flathead V8 was replaced by the more modern overhead-valve Ford Y-block engine in 1954.
351 Cleveland V8 (not the 351 Cleveland M-block engine) 351 Boss; 351 Cobra Jet; 302 Windsor V8; 351 Windsor V8; 400 Cleveland Ford 335 engine#400 V8 aka 400FMX certain 1973 casting numbers D1AE and D3AE, mated to the FMX transmission) 3.8/3.9/4.2L Canadian Essex 90° V6 (RWD only) 240 I6; 300 4.9 I6; 4.6L Modular V8 (first two casting runs ...
The engine is Ford's 3.062-by-3.75-inch (77.8 by 95.3 mm), 221 in 3 (3,620 cm 3; 3.62 L) 90° flathead V8 Otto (spark ignition) engine. It is liquid-cooled, and consists of five main cast pieces made of a light metal alloy: the engine block with cast-in cylinders, the intake plenum, two flatheads, and a fairly expensive oilpan.
Ardun initially produced dies and punches for ammunition and later produced parts for aircraft. [5]: 111 In 1947 the company introduced their own aluminum, overhead valve, hemispherical combustion chamber cylinder heads for the flathead Ford V8 engine. Conceived by Duntov, the heads were designed by George Kudasch. [6]
The Ford line of cars was updated in 1937 with one major change — the introduction of an entry-level 136 cu in (2.23 L) V8 in addition to the popular 221 cu in (3.62 L) flathead V8. The model was a refresh of its predecessor, the Model 48 (itself based on the Model 40A ) and was the company's main product.
M-Type Drophead Coupé 1948. The Allard Motor Company was founded in 1945, setting up in Clapham High Street, London. [4] Using its inventory of easy-to-service Ford mechanicals built up during World War II and bodywork of Allard's own design, three post-war models were introduced with a newly designed steel chassis and lightweight body shells: the J, a competition sports car; the K, a ...
The Ford Sidevalve is a side valve (flathead engine) from the British arm of the Ford Motor Company, often also referred to as the "English Sidevalve".The engine had its origins in the 1930s Ford Model Y, and was made in two sizes, 933 cc (56.9 cu in) or "8 HP", and 1,172 cc (71.5 cu in) or "10 HP".
The Mercury Y-Block was 256 cu in (4,194 cc) and produced 161 bhp (120 kW), [3] again a similar displacement to the 255 cu in (4.2 L) Mercury Flathead V8 it replaced, but with 29% more power than the older engine's 125 bhp (93 kW). [4] The original Lincoln V8 was also known as a Y-Block. Lincoln introduced their engine in 1952, but it was a ...