Cranks real nice in 12 volts. Sometimes the starter spins in so quickly that it pulls the ring gear off the flywheel. I had a guy come in once looking for a potato to fix his flathead. It would vapor lock. He cut the potato in half and jammed one half down over the top of the fuel pump to keep it cool. It worked until the potato dried out!
That truck doesn't look or sound like that now, it is about 90% finished, just have to paint the bed, bolt it on, attach the rear fenders to it, and complete some wiring. It is muffled down now with glass packs and dual pipes out the back, but still sounds pretty good!
Seems to me that the engine timing need to be advanced a few more degress, and I am thoudsands of miles away from this outstanding and impressive work of engineering, I still play with them after 68 years of age, would you like to bet a cup of coffee on it?, respectfully from Puerto Rico.....Jesus Torres.
I was inspired by the 1937 Aero Sport, Ford flathead powered sport plane . It flew on 85 hp and all the time I kept thinking if they installed a 255 Merc block,3/4 cam high comp heads ( 8.5:1 or better) two carb mfld ,headers...!!! I would be guessing maybe 155-165 hp at 4800 rpms but in the plane w/ 2:1 prop reduction ,limiting the engine to 4000 rpm , it ought to perform quite well...!!! Well, those thoughts were those of a 15 yr...!!! Now, 60 yrs later I built an 80% scale Spad 13 but instead of using a heavy cast iron flat head I am using a 4.2 Rover/ Buick aluminum V8 set up to run 4400 max eng with prop turning 2100 rpm. Hopefully we fly it on the 100th anniversary of the Spad ( 2018)...!!! So much for the flat head in an airplane ...!!!
I'm 15, how'd you learn all that without the internet lol? Either way why the 255 and not 198? Is the weight difference not enough to make it work? I want a 355 or 331/337 with the biggest flywheel I can stick it to in an f100.
@@steverives3060 Stupid comment. Sometimes you have to pour fuel down the throat of the carb to fire the engine, which in turn runs the fuel pump, if it's not an electric pump.
myredute.....I was responding to Christopher Spencer's comment. You can fill the float bowl through the vent tube, before you start cranking. Get some squirts of fuel from the accelerator pump, hopefully it fires and will run on the fuel in the bowl. I understand the pour the gas down the throat of the carburetor and it MAY run long enough to get the fuel pump working method. It can also cause the flame coming out of the exhaust as I'm sure you saw, unless you have your head too far up your ass to see.
@krookedKiller13 You can easily find a flat head v8, as low as $200 bucks, But... total rebuild isn't cheap, machine work and all the parts might cost $1500 + And builders are few and far between, they are pretty cool!
If your belching flame out of the exhaust, you've got ignition timing problems. That's why it won't start & stay running. Take some timing out & see what happens.
@@lukethedrifter3363 "almost a litre", you really are a moron. The timing is out - that's the only way you get a flame-out through the exhaust or a back-fire through the carbie. Did you have a look at the bottle he was pouring from? It was a 600ml. water bottle which was way less than half full & even then he had a heap left. He's running a flathead fool & even the amount he poured down was the same amount I'd do on my '31 four cylinder. Might be an idea to learn a bit about what makes an engine run before you comment here!
It's 100% original, an old timer rebuilt it for me, so Ford stock cam. I do know it doesn't have Johnson adjustable lifters, valves were ground to fit!
You've got some dummies here making stupid comments on your video flat36v8. They don't know the difference between flushing the cooling system & flushing the engine. In any case,you don't "flush" the crankcase with water, but some morons here don't know the difference. Nice engine by the way. I'm still trying to get hold of a 49-53 8BA, the best of the lot!
I wouldn't use engine flush on anything I cared about. I've had to do a major rebuild on engines after the owner used that stuff. Wiped the rod bearings right out.
@@firebrand07 Especially old engines like this that most certainly have been run on non-detergent oil-there's a ton of muck in the bottom of the pan that will get dissolved in the flush and run thru the entire engine.
Must be converted to 12v. The old 6v system never spun over that fast. They always sounded like a coffee percolator to me. In a good way. There's an instrumental from 1961 - "Stick Shift", by "The Duals."
The man dies not know what he's doing. Static time the engine, and spin it while the spark plugs are out. This oil primes the engine, and the carb. If I see one of my mechanics pouring gas down a carb he or she is in for an a$$ chewing.
Sorry to say it, but as I watched the video, I said to myself: "He's scared of it." You always look into the carburetor venturi when you pump the throttle. How else are you going to know if there is enough fuel in the float-bowl, for the accelerator pump to function? Oh well, I guess for some, it is educational. ... and for others, it is simply painful.
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Cranks real nice in 12 volts. Sometimes the starter spins in so quickly that it pulls the ring gear off the flywheel. I had a guy come in once looking for a potato to fix his flathead. It would vapor lock. He cut the potato in half and jammed one half down over the top of the fuel pump to keep it cool. It worked until the potato dried out!
It's like 8 lawnmower engines connected and molded together. Now that's amazing Terrance
It looks like this video is 12 years old I'm a new subscriber thanks again and best wishes from Columbus Ohio USA 👍
Thanks for viewing! I'm from Ohio Dayton USA! Texas now
These little old v8s are adorable. Around the 3.something litre mark if I recall. Lots of bark but not much bite.
Got to love Chris Cornell, I am the highway in the background! The motor sounded great too.
That truck doesn't look or sound like that now, it is about 90% finished, just have to paint the bed, bolt it on, attach the rear fenders to it, and complete some wiring. It is muffled down now with glass packs and dual pipes out the back, but still sounds pretty good!
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Beautiful. Great post. Love the sound of those flatheads.
3:00 Good jams when it's not running, good jams when it is. I'm diggin it!
Seems to me that the engine timing need to be advanced a few more degress, and I am thoudsands of miles away from this outstanding and impressive work of engineering, I still play with them after 68 years of age, would you like to bet a cup of coffee on it?, respectfully from Puerto Rico.....Jesus Torres.
I was thinking the same about the timing
I don't know whether it's bass note or the "bubbling" sound or what but that sounds amazing.
The word is "burbling" not bubbling, which is for children blowing soap bubbles.
That's beautiful!
pure awesomeness!
Original sound. thanks
Is fuel pump OK, clean gas in tank, ??? fuel lines OK ??? Love flathead V8's . . .
NOTHING sounds as nice as a flathead Ford.
...flathead v8s sound way meaner than they have any right to...
I was inspired by the 1937 Aero Sport, Ford flathead powered sport plane . It flew on 85 hp and all the time I kept thinking if they installed a 255 Merc block,3/4 cam high comp heads ( 8.5:1 or better) two carb mfld ,headers...!!! I would be guessing maybe 155-165 hp at 4800 rpms but in the plane w/ 2:1 prop reduction ,limiting the engine to 4000 rpm , it ought to perform quite well...!!! Well, those thoughts were those of a 15 yr...!!! Now, 60 yrs later I built an 80% scale Spad 13 but instead of using a heavy cast iron flat head I am using a 4.2 Rover/ Buick aluminum V8 set up to run 4400 max eng with prop turning 2100 rpm. Hopefully we fly it on the 100th anniversary of the Spad ( 2018)...!!! So much for the flat head in an airplane ...!!!
I'm 15, how'd you learn all that without the internet lol? Either way why the 255 and not 198? Is the weight difference not enough to make it work? I want a 355 or 331/337 with the biggest flywheel I can stick it to in an f100.
@@anonymousanonymous9991 Flywheel lol??😅
Gotta fill the float bowl on the carb and it'll keep running
YES! Stop pouring fuel into the throat of the carb.....
Christopher Spencer ii
@@steverives3060 Stupid comment. Sometimes you have to pour fuel down the throat of the carb to fire the engine, which in turn runs the fuel pump, if it's not an electric pump.
myredute.....I was responding to Christopher Spencer's comment. You can fill the float bowl through the vent tube, before you start cranking. Get some squirts of fuel from the accelerator pump, hopefully it fires and will run on the fuel in the bowl.
I understand the pour the gas down the throat of the carburetor and it MAY run long enough to get the fuel pump working method.
It can also cause the flame coming out of the exhaust as I'm sure you saw, unless you have your head too far up your ass to see.
@krookedKiller13
You can easily find a flat head v8, as low as $200 bucks, But... total rebuild isn't cheap, machine work and all the parts might cost $1500 + And builders are few and far between, they are pretty cool!
here is southern ill a flathead motor locked up will bring 500 dollars
Que precio tiene el motor v 8 d ford me intersa
I've got 2 49s and a 53 merk sitting in my shed. Just waiting for the right time to build them.
Pre 49’s sounded better than the later engine,or was it my imagination?
Dirty Heads song in the background haha
36 trucker Great sounding what part of Mo u in ? I’m north of Boonville
Bet that would be fun
Is it that hard to look into the carburetor to see if it's getting fuel Thru the jets?
If your belching flame out of the exhaust, you've got ignition timing problems. That's why it won't start & stay running. Take some timing out & see what happens.
Other than the fact he poured almost a litre of gasoline down the car. Severely flooded......or did you miss that
@@lukethedrifter3363 "almost a litre", you really are a moron. The timing is out - that's the only way you get a flame-out through the exhaust or a back-fire through the carbie. Did you have a look at the bottle he was pouring from? It was a 600ml. water bottle which was way less than half full & even then he had a heap left. He's running a flathead fool & even the amount he poured down was the same amount I'd do on my '31 four cylinder. Might be an idea to learn a bit about what makes an engine run before you comment here!
Fucking awesome
12v?? That cranks fast!
what cam are you using? I have an Isky "Impactor" 3/4 race that idles just like that
It's 100% original, an old timer rebuilt it for me, so Ford stock cam. I do know it doesn't have Johnson adjustable lifters, valves were ground to fit!
Omg..
Bit of start ye bastad ethanol in there helped lol..
Nice job! Did you manually fill the fuel pump bottle with gasoline before priming the carb?
No I didn't
You've got some dummies here making stupid comments on your video flat36v8. They don't know the difference between flushing the cooling system & flushing the engine. In any case,you don't "flush" the crankcase with water, but some morons here don't know the difference. Nice engine by the way. I'm still trying to get hold of a 49-53 8BA, the best of the lot!
I wouldn't use engine flush on anything I cared about. I've had to do a major rebuild on engines after the owner used that stuff. Wiped the rod bearings right out.
mark agreed. Any engine needing a flush should be torn down and properly rebuilt. I saw my dad fry the rings and bearings in an engine he flushed.
@@firebrand07 Especially old engines like this that most certainly have been run on non-detergent oil-there's a ton of muck in the bottom of the pan that will get dissolved in the flush and run thru the entire engine.
He flushed the cooling system, not the oil lubrication system. How the hell do you damage rod bearings by flushing the cooling system............Doh!
@@myredute You don't. In my area of the woods "engine flush" is what you put in the crankcase; "radiator flush" is what you put in the cooling system.
@@MrGatesmark I think he actually did just flush the coolant but my original thought was akin to yours
It wants to be a Merlin
It does sound similar
Good ear 👍
Must be converted to 12v.
The old 6v system never spun over that fast.
They always sounded like a coffee percolator to me.
In a good way.
There's an instrumental from 1961 - "Stick Shift", by "The Duals."
Im goin to put a flathead on a Harlly frame
2010 video so wonder where this car is at in 2022.? Maybe he died of carbon monoxide running it in a garage for a time.
LOL! Nope still alive but Old! Truck is in garage and driven on weekend's wins 2nd place in nearly all car shows entered, never 1st place!
The man dies not know what he's doing. Static time the engine, and spin it while the spark plugs are out. This oil primes the engine, and the carb. If I see one of my mechanics pouring gas down a carb he or she is in for an a$$ chewing.
Sorry to say it, but as I watched the video, I said to myself: "He's scared of it."
You always look into the carburetor venturi when you pump the throttle. How else are you going to know if there is enough fuel in the float-bowl, for the accelerator pump to function?
Oh well, I guess for some, it is educational. ... and for others, it is simply painful.