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JSeery · 06-23-2016, 08:53 AM

Read an article on boat motor production a few years back. Ford claimed that they could produce all of the boat engines required for a year in just a few hours of production time and they didn't consider it worth the effort to change the production lines for that short of run. Considering how many boat engines are required in a year you can imagine how disruptive it would be to attempt to turn out flathead blocks/engines. It is my guess that no one if going to be willing to invest the time - effort - money required to produce such a complicated block for such a small market.

06-23-2016, 08:53 AM	#36
JSeery Member Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 16,132	Re: Could Edelbrock cast a flathead block Read an article on boat motor production a few years back. Ford claimed that they could produce all of the boat engines required for a year in just a few hours of production time and they didn't consider it worth the effort to change the production lines for that short of run. Considering how many boat engines are required in a year you can imagine how disruptive it would be to attempt to turn out flathead blocks/engines. It is my guess that no one if going to be willing to invest the time - effort - money required to produce such a complicated block for such a small market.