> > At last, a voice of reason and acuity in this exercise in tedium. > Also I take issue with this statement "the exhaust manifold comes off > the sides of the engine, not down the middle..." Never saw an engine > (V8) with the exhaust down the middle.
Mis-statement on my part: "The intake manifold fed both banks from inside the Vee but the exhaust had to pass between the cylinders to reach the outboard exhaust manifolds." From <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Flathead_engine> It's because the valves are in the block, rather than in the cylinder head as on most designs See this photo: <http://tinyurl.com/crgz2v> This meant that not only is precious intercylinder space taken up by exhaust porting rather than cooling channels, heat is transferred from the exhaust back to the block. ------------------------------------------ My reply: One last OT comment since this seems to be such a topic of interest, at least to some. Bruce is correct as usual as to the many advantages of the OHV small block Chevy engine over the old Flathead Ford. I attempted use the old ford engine as an example in thermal paste/grease discussion. Gosh, this was 45 years ago. At 16 years of age I had a very limited budget and got the Flathead for a song. Then I realized the Ford engine just would not be enough power for my teenage angst. So after a trip to the local recking yard I got the Chevy engine. Promptly bored it out and re-camed it, rebuilt it and added two BIG carbs (too big). I could not afford decent headers on the Chevy so I kept the stock ones. Also the neighborhood hot rodder was much more extreme putting 426 hemi in in a 30 something Dodge coupe. Then drag racing it on an unopened section of the recently constructed I-95. Talk about Ba*ls. If anyone wants more info contact me off list. I probably can fine I photo I can scan and provide any additional info if anyone (I doubt) is interested. Anyway dinner is waiting and most go now.--glen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
