Our Racing Heroes "Evolution of the Flathead Motor"
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- Опубликовано: 30 окт 2016
- Bill talks with Ken Makuch (Makuch Racing) about his Land Speed World Record Holding "Flathead" Ford Race Car.
Ken's Current World Record is 182mph (average speed)
Top Speed of 185mph
Since retiring from building race engines for NASCAR and Drag Racing motors. Bill's passion has been pushing the flathead ford motor to it's limits much like his Nascar Champion father did. Ken Makuch is a rare breed of a racer that speaks Flathead Ford like Bill does. This video shares with you behind the scenes of what it takes to build and drive a land speed record car across the finish line at the legendary Salt Flats of Bonneville.
Rumor has it that these two men even shared some tuning techniques...which is pretty rare for engine builders. Who knows what they have up their sleeves....but were sure it's going to be fast.
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Thats the best flathead ive ever heard bro, bravo
I'm 73, built a lot of modified flathead V8's and I've never heard a flathead Ford that sounds like that! Incredible! I love the sound of a nicely modified flathead, it's unique to the beasts. But I would still love to know how he accomplished this kind of n/a horsepower with that 'big block' sound. He's obviously a very talented fellow indeed!
Great video Sir !
I am a Flathead addict !
Gearhead !
Have spent the most of my life, working in, on, and around some of the fastest Indy Cars ever to run at the Speedway !
I have dreamt of being able to get to Bonneville, however,
I am paralyzed from my shoulders down, and struggle with regulating my body temperature !
So easy for me to get myself into a life threatening situation without knowing it !
By then, it's close to being too far gone, to be able to come back from !
So, once I can get the body temperature thing sorted out, I'm ready to book those rooms !
At the moment,
I think I can work with a driver's cool shirt, and helmet with chilled water flow, and keeping the sun off of my head, I think I will have ii sorted out !
I just don't want to be a problem for the rest of the crew !
That might take care of my issues.
Now then, let's get down to horsepower vs drag coefficients !
I think you very likely already know, but I think you should probably have enough engine to get you to the 200mph. mark, but, as you already know, your drag, and aero-lift, is causing you to experience a few, let's say, uncomfortable light chassis situations, that are causing you to want to lift !
I would absolutely love to be able to have the opportunity to talk with you, and maybe even work with you, on your salt effort Sir !
My name is Ray,
Maybe you can give me a way to contact you !
That Flattie crackling has me absolutely drooling !
Let's see what we can do about getting together please !
Thanks,
Beautiful car, beautiful engine, and that flathead sound has me struggling to catch my breath !!!
400 HP N/A and living with a 150 shot ... Still running the exhaust through the water jacket - incredible :D
Very interesting disscussion of this classic flathead V8, 400 normally aspirated horsepower is simply incredible.
I have to ask.... What does the evil little $^&% rev ?? ! ! Gawd, it's beautiful !
My first car , 1951 Ford bought for $20 .
It's just awesome to see and hear a naturally aspirated flattie sound like that. I wish I could get this guys secrets to get to that kind of power out of my little Merc.
I'm amazed to say the least with this video. Awesome amount of information about racing the salt flats and flat head fords. thank you both very much!
I grew up with a 40 Ford flathead and will always love them. I like Bill's racing videos, if for no other reason that to hear his flattie scream. When I was a kid I was a big Pontiac fan and remember Bill and his 1963 (?) Tempest with a 421 Super Duty drag racer. Good times!
Thanks for watching
Commenting because it is Oct 2021.
That is one sweet-sounding mill!
That is awesome, you should do an interview with Roadrunner Engineering in New Mexico he has written a couple books.
The best of us are self taught!
400 hp!!!! To put this in perspective. The Flathead Ford was introduced in 1932 and displaced 221 cu. in.(3.6L) and was rated at 65hp. It's largest version was 355 cu. in.(5.5L)and no version(221, 239, 255, 317, or 355) made more than 110hp. At 400hp this engine has roughly the same horsepower as the Ford-Cosworth DFV(happy 1st win anniversary)when it was first introduced in 1967 at 410hp. Or like taking an engine today rated at 500hp and making 2,000hp. NA
there was no 355. there was a 331 and that made around 150-140hp the later 293 made 110 and the later merc 255 made 125
@@53_ford_custom15 according to some sources there was a truck engine in 355 c.i. but I'll differ to you as I only know what I've read on this through the internet. This was before my time.
My guess is that this engine is not more than 300 cubic inch, and was built from a 239 or 255 inch engine. I do not think anyone uses the truck or Lincoln engine because they are very heavy and no real performance parts for that engine. I too would like to know more details on this engine. VERY IMPRESSIVE !!
@@daleostrom3613 even if it was the 255 that's exactly the same displacement as Ford's quad-cam all aluminum Indy engine which produced 370 hp in 1964. Maybe that's the engine to compare this flathead screamer too instead of the DFV.
Cubic inches isn't the issue it's the lack of main bearings to support the crankshaft. He must have some kind of girdle to hold it all together. It's not just a 1/4 mile blast. This thing is under stress for a long time going both directions on the course. Kudo's to all you fellow gearheads
Yes ! the wind is the enemy . I remember running over 120 on the salt and my helmet got pressurized ,talk about ear ache! .the light rear end is just one thing that you have to consider when land speed racing ,mine would try and push the rear ahead of the front of the car .
OK !Bill, get his secrets and build your engine...!!!
Bill, My dream street sleeper would be a Camaro with your flattie...!!!
What impresses me even more than the Horsepower, which is incredible in itself... is the RPM's it is turning. Flathead Ford V-8's are NOT know as high rev engines!!! Back in my day, I'm 68, 3800-4200 RPM's was wound up pretty damn tight for a flattie Ford V-8. And, it had to have some work on the valve springs, and a couple of other things, to get to the 4,200. Just guessing from the sound of it on the flats... he's getting 6,000+ RPM's out of it. This guy could get 100 Horsepower out of a sewing machine!!!
I have a couple junk flathead sitting in the back of the garage. I hoping to get some questions answered here soon. Did anyone ever develop a 5 journal crank?
Very impressed, what is the cubic inch and RPM of that engine at 400 hp ?
Here's how to improve high speed handling. The tapered shape of the body creates high pressure areas on the sides of the engine cowl, some of the air gets forced under the car, that's why you're losing contact with the ground. To prevent that from happening, I'd run an air splitter that basically wraps around the entire front of the car, tapering off to nothing where the body stops getting wider. Without all that air being crammed under the front of the car, it should have much better high speed manners.
I doubt that would be the cause of this cars problem. You are right in that the car most likely has a higher pressure along its sides but it also would have two large wakes of turbulent low pressure air behind the front wheels. The problem is more likely a low pressure zone on top of the trunk. Trying to keep to boundary layer attached and running a trunk without louvers and depending on the rules experimenting with a small rear diffuser could be a solution. A front splitter sounds like a sure fire way of unsettling a car like this at high speeds...
What was the car he brought to pebble beach that was significant they put him in front of the line Pearson coupe I m thinking
I have often wondered how fast a hot flathead powered, clean ,light ,Camaro chassis would go...!!!???
An upgraded camaro
Someone built a flathead powered fox body
Sounds like a flat crank, and high lift cam.