The Ford Barn

glennpm · 01-19-2024, 12:52 PM

Hi Jim,

I forgot to answer your comment about the truck engines. For them it was a matter of reducing ping by lowering the compression ratio, CR. The stock "relieved" truck applications reduced CR by approximately 0.4. You want to keep this in mind when picking heads.

Under this link, look at the compression tables

https://www.dropbox.com/home/Techno%...lathead%20Ford

Glenn

BoxCar Tom · 01-20-2024, 02:41 PM

THICK SKIN is not a prerequisite on the Ford Barn but it's helpful on occasion. This whole episode is akin to grumpy folk entertainment. Ford Flathead entheustics quarreling over where the engine is mounted. Let me think that over

Tim Ayers · 01-21-2024, 10:33 AM

Gotsmoke?,

Fire away with your questions about flatheads and hot rods. I love flatheads and love hot rods equally. A few stockers thrown in for good measure, but give me a hot rod any day of the week.

Not all of us here are stockers or purists. I love them all.

Good luck with your project.

Planojc · 01-21-2024, 11:13 AM

Gotsmoke don't let the self appointed moderators stop you from posting here.

01-19-2024, 12:52 PM	#41
glennpm Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wiscasset, Maine Posts: 2,084	Re: I'm new to flatheads and glad to find this forum...TBC Hi Jim, I forgot to answer your comment about the truck engines. For them it was a matter of reducing ping by lowering the compression ratio, CR. The stock "relieved" truck applications reduced CR by approximately 0.4. You want to keep this in mind when picking heads. Under this link, look at the compression tables https://www.dropbox.com/home/Techno%...lathead%20Ford Glenn Last edited by glennpm; 01-20-2024 at 04:54 PM.

01-20-2024, 02:41 PM	#42
BoxCar Tom Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Basking Ridge, NJ Posts: 599	Re: I'm new to flatheads and glad to find this forum...TBC THICK SKIN is not a prerequisite on the Ford Barn but it's helpful on occasion. This whole episode is akin to grumpy folk entertainment. Ford Flathead entheustics quarreling over where the engine is mounted. Let me think that over

01-21-2024, 10:33 AM	#43
Tim Ayers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 6,271	Re: I'm new to flatheads and glad to find this forum...TBC Gotsmoke?, Fire away with your questions about flatheads and hot rods. I love flatheads and love hot rods equally. A few stockers thrown in for good measure, but give me a hot rod any day of the week. Not all of us here are stockers or purists. I love them all. Good luck with your project.

01-21-2024, 11:13 AM	#44
Planojc Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 881	Re: I'm new to flatheads and glad to find this forum...TBC Gotsmoke don't let the self appointed moderators stop you from posting here.