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    The Ford flathead V8 (often called simply the Ford flathead or flathead Ford) is a V8 engine with a flat cylinder head introduced by the Ford Motor Company...
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  • causes the engine block to resemble a Y. It was introduced in 1954 as a more modern replacement for the outdated side-valved Ford Flathead V8 and was used...
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    Multicylinder flathead engines were used for cars such as the Ford Model T and Ford Model A, the Ford flathead V8 engine and the Ford Sidevalve engine. Cadillac...
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  • overall engine size. 1932–1953 Flathead V8 1940–1950 Ford GAA engine, exclusively for armored fighting vehicle military use 1952–1963 Lincoln Y-block V8 engine—big-block...
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    The Ford Modular engine is Ford Motor Company's overhead camshaft (OHC) V8 and V10 gasoline-powered small block engine family. Introduced in 1990, the...
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    known as the Ford V‑8. It had the new flathead V8 engine. The Model 18 was the first low-priced, mass-marketed car to have a V8 engine -- an important...
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    The Lincoln Y-block V8 engine was Ford's earliest OHV V8 engine, introduced by Lincoln in the 1952 model year. Like the later and better-known but even...
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    increased following the 1932 introduction of the Ford Flathead V8. By the early 21st century, the use of V8 engines in passenger vehicles declined as automobile...
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    prototype X engines include a 1920s Ford X-8 automotive engine, which was investigated during the development process of the Ford Flathead V8 engine. During...
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    (910 kg). The engine is Ford's 3.062-by-3.75-inch (77.8 by 95.3 mm), 221 in3 (3,620 cm3; 3.62 L) 90° flathead V8 Otto (spark ignition) engine. It is liquid-cooled...
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    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...
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    The Chrysler Hemi engine, known by the trademark Hemi or HEMI, refers to a series of high-performance American overhead valve V8 engines built by Chrysler...
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  • London, UK. The Godsal Sports Tourer incorporated a contemporary Ford Flathead V8 engine with single dual-throat carburetor achieving approximately 85bhp...
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  • H-series engines were used in the full-sized Ford cars and trucks to replace the smaller 136 cu in (2.2 L) Flathead V8 that was used in the 1937 Ford. Ford discontinued...
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    long-lived flathead V8 engine was replaced for 1954 by a 239 cubic inch overhead valve Y-block unit, marking the end of an era. This engine produced 130 hp...
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    standard engine and the optional 100 hp Flathead V8. In a one-year-only combination, the Flathead V8 was offered with the newly optional Ford-O-Matic transmission...
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    straight-six engines are almost always narrower than a V6 engine or V8 engine, but longer than straight-four engines, V6s, and most V8s. Straight-six engines are...
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  • Toyota had initially considered copying the Ford flathead V8 engine because it was the most popular engine in Japan at the time. However, the machining...
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    with engines shared with Ford sedans. The standard engine was a 226 cubic-inch 95 hp H-series inline-6, with a 239 cubic-inch 100 hp Flathead V8. For...
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    Chrysler flathead engine is a flathead automotive engine manufactured by the Chrysler Corporation from 1924 through the early 1960s. The flathead engine came...
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  • 255 V8 330 FT V8 332 V8 352 V8 360 V8 361 FT V8 390 V8 391 FT V8 406 V8 410 Mercury V8 427 V8 428 V8 335-Series (M-Block) 351 M-block V8 (Not to be confused...
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    Desaxe (category Engines)
    Desaxe offset into the Ford Flathead V8 engine throughout the 1930s while adopting greater offsets into the 1940s. Use of desaxe engines is now becoming more...
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    vertical A-pillars. For 1954, Ford ended production of the long-running Flathead V8, replacing it with a 239-cubic-inch Y-block V8; the 215-cubic-inch inline-six...
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    Church V-8 (category 1930s aircraft piston engines)
    V-8 4-stroke aircraft engine developed from the Ford flathead V8 engine in the United States in the late 1930s. The 90 degree V8 with downdraft carburetors...
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    The Pontiac V8 engine is a family of overhead valve 90° V8 engines manufactured by the Pontiac Division of General Motors Corporation between 1955 and...
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  • used a Ford front axle with a Halibrand quick-change rear end. It is powered by a George Riley-designed OHV Ford flathead V8 engine. "1938 Riley Ford Special"...
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    example, a practical, low-cost V8 engine was not feasible until Ford developed the methods used to build its flathead V8 engine. Other manufacturers then applied...
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    line, and would be the company's primary engine through 1948. Similar in design to the 90° Ford flathead V8 introduced for 1932, the Lincoln-Zephyr H...
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    and was related to the Cadillac flathead V8 engine. In 1929, Oldsmobile installed a 90 degree monobloc flathead V8 engine in the Viking companion brand...
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    by V8 engines. The base engine was the 302 cid V8. The next largest engine was Ford's 351 CID V8, the most common choice. Still larger was Ford's 400...
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