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Originally Posted by Ol' Ron
In John Lawson's book "Flathead facts" He modified a stock 239 ci engine with every bolt on intake and carburetor available. Every cylinder head, and every ignition system. and still couldn't produce 100 HP. How ever the addition of a mild Max #1 cam did the trick. And the 221 is abit smaller.
Like I said, be nice to know what was in those engines.?????
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How much torque were these engines producing and what rpm range did they run in? It’d be interesting to know those figures.
As a side note I believe those Novi V8’s that were mentioned earlier were actually 3 main bearing engines. I know there was a lot of Offenhauser in those Novi’s but I could have sworn there was some Ford dimensions or bolt patterns in them as well. I think I remember reading something about that long ago.