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Originally Posted by tubman
When I think about it, an aluminum flathead block makes no sense, economic or otherwise. Yeah, maybe in the thirties when Ford was considering powering airplanes with their V8's, but not these days. What would you save, 100-150 lbs? If we were talking top-end cutting-edge technology here, yeah, maybe so. But remember, we are talking about a seriously outdated engine design favored by a bunch of nostalgic old coots.
We'll be lucky if someone comes up with a reasonably priced cast iron variant. No matter what it ends up being, it will probably still be ineligible for vintage racing classes, so it will appeal mainly to a crowd that already has a bunch of good original blocks stashed in all of their nooks and crannies.
Fun to discuss on the board, though.
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Denny is right....ALL of the above is true scoop! But I still have one dumb question....how does this block in video cool? Where are the water jackets for coolant? What am I missing here? DD