The Ford Barn

JSeery · 01-26-2016, 05:38 PM

Not sure you would want to!

Bruce Lancaster · 01-27-2016, 10:18 AM

It's a heavy setup...but this is easy and uses easy to find parts. Ford used the 11" setup with same pressure plate and disc from '35-53 and beyond that on trucks...so it's a bolt together setup for 8BA to early. I had this setup in my '48 for a while because I was a broke teenager and that's what I could find!*
The rig is heavy enough that it probably has some effect on acceleration, and if you drive in traffic you will get a workout for your left leg, but it works and is the easiest bolt-in rig to gather parts for, MUCH easier to get than '49 Merc.
The 11" setup was in all big trucks and many pickups '49-53. On the flywheel it is easy to identify because the bolt holes are out close to the rim.

*Later, I reacted to all this by going to an aluminum wheel!

JSeery · 01-27-2016, 10:41 AM

Bruce, now that was a jump, 11 inch setup to aluminum flywheel!!!! Did you notice the difference?

Bruce Lancaster · 01-27-2016, 11:28 AM

I love the aluminum wheel/10" setup, even in the '48 which met all known criteria for NOT using a light wheel...
Engine revved like an electric motor. I would assume car accel was helped a bit, too, but since I changed all sorts of things at that time I didn't get any way to gauge that. Only noticeable downside was a very slight need for more revs when starting from a dead stop. Flatheads have enough low end torque that this was barely noticeable, nothing like driving a furrin car or anything.
Also, pretty soon after that swap, my left leg shrank to the same size as the right one.

01-26-2016, 05:38 PM	#21
JSeery Member Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 16,132	Re: 8BA and 39 trans mating questions Not sure you would want to!

01-27-2016, 10:18 AM	#22
Bruce Lancaster Member Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Madison, NJ Posts: 5,230	Re: 8BA and 39 trans mating questions It's a heavy setup...but this is easy and uses easy to find parts. Ford used the 11" setup with same pressure plate and disc from '35-53 and beyond that on trucks...so it's a bolt together setup for 8BA to early. I had this setup in my '48 for a while because I was a broke teenager and that's what I could find!* The rig is heavy enough that it probably has some effect on acceleration, and if you drive in traffic you will get a workout for your left leg, but it works and is the easiest bolt-in rig to gather parts for, MUCH easier to get than '49 Merc. The 11" setup was in all big trucks and many pickups '49-53. On the flywheel it is easy to identify because the bolt holes are out close to the rim. *Later, I reacted to all this by going to an aluminum wheel!

01-27-2016, 10:41 AM	#23
JSeery Member Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 16,132	Re: 8BA and 39 trans mating questions Bruce, now that was a jump, 11 inch setup to aluminum flywheel!!!! Did you notice the difference?

01-27-2016, 11:28 AM	#24
Bruce Lancaster Member Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Madison, NJ Posts: 5,230	Re: 8BA and 39 trans mating questions I love the aluminum wheel/10" setup, even in the '48 which met all known criteria for NOT using a light wheel... Engine revved like an electric motor. I would assume car accel was helped a bit, too, but since I changed all sorts of things at that time I didn't get any way to gauge that. Only noticeable downside was a very slight need for more revs when starting from a dead stop. Flatheads have enough low end torque that this was barely noticeable, nothing like driving a furrin car or anything. Also, pretty soon after that swap, my left leg shrank to the same size as the right one.