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hey guys, I've kinda gotten caught up watching a bunch of youtube videos where guys take older cars and get them running again. mostly this is 50s cars that are in decent shape body wise and then sell them so they can work on the next one... it looks like fun to me. I've been looking at cars for...

hey guys, I'm in the process of building a blower setup for my 8ba motor. it's running an eaton style blower. I need a little help with the drive though. I would rather not do a serpentine belt... original wide truck crank pulley is one belt. I would like to have a pulley that also has a belt...

hey guys, just found a 1941 big truck go up for sale and the motor turns. was wondering what the best way to tell from the outside if it has the 221 or the 239 in it?? I have heard big trucks got the 239 as well as merc...

So, as if I didnt have enough things to distract me from current projects. I have been convinced to drive a 1936 ford modified that raced dirt ovals in upstate ny in the 60s. It has a flathead, an early ford truck trans and a big truck fabricated quick change. I took it for a race in NH last...

hey guys I'm trying to build a blower drive with dual V-belts on a late flathead. i'm installing it in a 32 so I'm using the 8rt style pumps. I know you can get pumps for the early motors with dual grooves but I haven't seen them on later style pumps. any direction here or am I stuck with a...

hey guys, I know this is the "stock" section of Ryans sites but there's more flathead specific guys here I think. I'm planning to setup a blown flathead with an Eaton M112 off a late model jag. planning for 5psi max. probably 2 97s as that's about all that will fit. not looking for crazy...

hey guys, quick question on an 8ba distributor. when you disconnect the vacuum line, what happens with the advance?? is it just locked out or?? I ask because I am going to be driving a vintage mod that had a stock 8ba distributor put in it when the electronic unit fried. want to know what to expect.

Hi guys, anyone use the mahle forged and double coated pistons? They come with a thin moly ring pack too. I was asking a vendor who sold the scat rotating assemblies which ring pack they included in their ross pistons. The tech told me they were the 3/32 rings but it would be a $64 upgrade to...

Hey guys, I'm a member of some Facebook flathead groups and on the same day that I found my "old" motor was cracked in the exhaust ports i happened to see a post about a motor that was supposedly fresh ready fire. I went to look at it last night and it was as advertised. pulled the pan and she...

hey guys, I pulled the 8ba down in my roadster this spring to freshen a few things up... basically all it seems to need is a new gasket set and some paint if the pressure test turns up ok. I found 30" of weld in the pan rails, but it was rebuilt and running for 25 years like this. i have smelled...

Hey guys, I try to tuck little tidbits of speed equipment away in my head, especially if I think they are ingenious solutions! one of them is the Riley Multi-Lift as used in a model T. I'm sure many of you are familiar with them, but I was wondering if anyone ever tried to recreate this setup in...

I have an 8ba with 30 over pistons and small chamber edelbrock heads. I don't remember specifically what it has for pistons but I'm pretty sure they are a stock ford style cast piston. Motor was rebuilt 25 years ago and was well cared for with low miles... I pulled it down this year because the...

Valve flow! I know I should just order up a book as I'm sure it's in JWT's but I have a couple questions on valves and angles. I've read discussions on valve flow in a flathead stating that 30 degree valve jobs flow better than 45 as they push the flow more parallel with the face of the...

looking for a flathead engine stand adapter. 2 3/8 tube anyone no longer need one??

I have a Av8 that's been on the road for 25 years that has a couple carb issues i've been living with the last few years. when it's warm it doesn't want to start. when it's cold, I give her a couple pumps and she fires right up. I think it's draining fuel into the cylinders as it seems to start...