Gentlemen,
Quite awhile back I posted a video of my scratch built 302 Ford V-8 engine. I had always wanted to build a flathead V-8 so I started the process of getting dimensions and pictures to make the CAD drawings to build one.
In creating my engines the block is made from a solid piece of 6061 aluminum. That being said during the design process I couldn't come up with a way of routing the exhaust through the block and water jacket area so I opted to create the exhaust used by Cadillac on their flathead and come out the top of the block. Other than the exhaust all the other components and shapes were made to recreate the last of the flathead line, the 8BA engine. The major components are made from 6061 aluminum bar stock. The block has pressed in iron liners. The crank is 1144 stressproof steel. The cam is W-1 drill rod. It has a full pressure oiling system just like the full sized engine with complete cooling through the block and two-piece heads. It has an electronic ignition triggered by a Hall effect pickup in the distributor.
gbritnell
Quite awhile back I posted a video of my scratch built 302 Ford V-8 engine. I had always wanted to build a flathead V-8 so I started the process of getting dimensions and pictures to make the CAD drawings to build one.
In creating my engines the block is made from a solid piece of 6061 aluminum. That being said during the design process I couldn't come up with a way of routing the exhaust through the block and water jacket area so I opted to create the exhaust used by Cadillac on their flathead and come out the top of the block. Other than the exhaust all the other components and shapes were made to recreate the last of the flathead line, the 8BA engine. The major components are made from 6061 aluminum bar stock. The block has pressed in iron liners. The crank is 1144 stressproof steel. The cam is W-1 drill rod. It has a full pressure oiling system just like the full sized engine with complete cooling through the block and two-piece heads. It has an electronic ignition triggered by a Hall effect pickup in the distributor.
gbritnell
