Pros and cons of Lincoln flatheads

[Henry Floored]

The Conforth Lincoln V8 special is also featured in the current Rodders Journal.

See here's the thing gang. Look at all the very quick diesel powered trucks you see today. Are those high winding screamers or do they produce gobs of torque and are geared accordingly?

The 337 Lincoln is never going to be a high winder but if built in accordance with its strengths and geared properly it's gonna give you a kick in the pants.

[corvette8n]

Saw this V12 at a car show 10 years ago, never did get to hear it run.

[frenchy dehoux]

Here pictures of my V12 Lincoln in my 32 Ford Roadster !!

Frenchy

[41Joe]

I personally like the 337 Lincoln Flathead. I had a 50 Baby Lincoln and that engine ran so smooth.

[Rustedjunk]

Originally Posted by henry floored

hi, are you referring to the 337" lincoln v8's or the flathead v12's?

If you are asking about the 337 v8 let me get in here quick before the naysayers shoot it down. The 337 is a large and advanced ford flathead engine.

There are features on the 337 that are very good. A few key ones are obviously the ample cubic inches. To go with the added cubes there are improvements to the breathing of the engine to feed those cubes.

The negatives are that they are bigger and heavier than the regular ford flathead. They are about the same size as the caddy flathead v8's but better. Nobody bats an eye about their heft and the cads were used in some hot rods back in the day.

The lincoln 337 engine conquered "la carerra pan americana" a couple times powering the cars through a tremendous torture test.

thank you!!!

[tubman]

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Originally Posted by Henry Floored

Hi, are you referring to the 337" Lincoln V8's or the flathead V12's?

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The Lincoln 337 engine conquered "La Carerra Pan Americana" a couple times powering the cars through a tremendous torture test.

I saw this quoted in the previous post. While there were 337 Lincolns competing in the Carrera Pan America the first couple of years, they never won. I think the best finish was 8th in 1950 or 51. The Lincoln victories didn't start until they started using the 317" "Y"-block.

In retrospect, just finishing that race may be considered "conquering".

[Henry Floored]

Originally Posted by tubman

I saw this quoted in the previous post. While there were 337 Lincolns competing in the Carrera Pan America the first couple of years, they never won. I think the best finish was 8th in 1950 or 51. The Lincoln victories didn't start until they started using the 317" "Y"-block.

In retrospect, just finishing that race may be considered "conquering".

Yes that's what I meant. Remember some of the other cars in their class were the new OHV V8's and others were pure sports cars.

There is a picture on the internet of a 337 powered Lincoln racing in the Carrera Americana actually "catching air" going over a rise in the road.

Not bad.

[Henry Floored]

Here it 'tis.

[40 Deluxe]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

Those Olds V8s were ONLY 303 CU IN. DD

Do you think that they remained 303 cu. in. in the race cars??

[40 Deluxe]

Originally Posted by Jason in TX

I wanted to comment on the above post about the desirability of the SBC in the 1950s.

I'm pretty sure the 1955 Corvette product that was wrapped around the 265 cu.in. SBC had a lot to do with that desirability. That race looking body and suspension showing up

(see how I brought it back to the Ford Flathead?)

""race looking body"? Yes. "suspension"? Not so much! The Corvette still used the antiquated monkey motion suspension of the plain-Jane '49-'54 cars!

[Charlie ny]

The Pan Am Mexican races will always intrigue me. Stick shift Caddy's, Lincoln's & Old's.
Killer cars and the guys who handled them.....Chet Herbert, Akton Miller, and the
always fabulous Mickey Thompson and his class winning '50's Ford six. I'm digging out
my Pan am books for a reread.
Charlie ny