How's your cam ??

Back in the day everyone drove to work often in a flathead powered car or truck. Never once was i Left stranded by my flathead.
 
8 Years ago I had a different outlook on the need for that radical cam sound that the l-100 gave. In a large displacement engine it works just fine. However my present 280 ci engine in my truck has an EAB cam in it right now and the torque makes these Green mountains feel like the flat lands of Nebraska. I guess I'm just getting old.
 
Ol' Ron said:
8 Years ago I had a different outlook on the need for that radical cam sound that the l-100 gave. In a large displacement engine it works just fine. However my present 280 ci engine in my truck has an EAB cam in it right now and the torque makes these Green mountains feel like the flat lands of Nebraska. I guess I'm just getting old.
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Getting old could be the reason but I suspect it has more to do with not picking a cam because it sounded good on YouTube.
 
296" flathead, 41 Ford coupe, 2 deuces, 400jr cam. Good idle and instant throttle response that surprised a lot of people, some with overheads. :)
 
does any of you have any specs on Engle Camshafts , I talked to Engle a while back and they said they haven't ground a flathead cam in a number of years, and had no spec's on them. I am trying to identify a cam I think may be an old Engle grind.
Fordestes
 
Pete would know for sure, or JWL, but what about using the profile of the latest 53 Merc cam & adding some lift to it. Somewhere in the .375"+ range. I bet it would be a real good performer & still have a stock idle & give good mileage?
Just a thought.
Oh, then have it dynoed in New Mexico to show 300 HP
Jim
 
An early Chrysler 6 stock cam (flathead) had .375 lift.
This was tried in flathead Fords a few times for "stock car" racing
but was usually rejected as not being stock for the same type engine.
It did help slightly.

Oh, and 300 hp is relatively easy to attain from a flathead Ford with a blower, but try doing it naturally aspirated.
 
Brendan said:
where is Old Bill? i hope he is ok!
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40cpe said:
That's a good question, he was last on the Barn in Dec. of 2016
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I've wondered the same thing. Last time I got a message from Bill was just prior to the 2016 EFV-8 Club WNM in Bakersfield, CA. He told me he could not make that meet, and his brother Charlie would tell me why when I saw him at the meet. Well, I never saw Charlie there, so never found out the story on Bill. I've tried to email and PM him several times over the last two years, but get no response. Doesn't sound good to me.
 
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JM 35 Sedan said:
I've wondered the same thing. Last time I got a message from Bill was just prior to the 2016 EFV-8 Club WNM in Bakersfield, CA. He told me he could not make that meet, and his brother Charlie would tell me why when I saw him at the meet. Well, I never saw Charlue there, so never found out the story on Bill. I've tried to email and PM him several times over the last two years, but get no response. Doesn't sound good to me.
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wow i hope he is ok, i met him up in Tahoe when he gave you the windsheald wiper
 
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