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Next up to my table is my 1/3 scale Fordillac flathead V-8 engine. It's named this because in trying to create a true Ford flathead from bar stock I couldn't come up with a way to route the exhaust through the block ala the prototype engine. Cadillac of that era, late 40's early 50's, also had a flathead V-8 engine. The one glaring difference was the Cadillac had the exhaust coming out of the top of the block and not out of the side. The major components of my engine are machined from 6061 T-6 aluminum, block, heads, manifold etc. The crank and cam are steel. It has a full pressure oil system like the original engine. The heads and water pumps are made in two pieces to form the water jackets. It has a Hall trigger ignition with 1/4-32 Rimfire plugs. It runs on pump gasoline (87 octane)
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