Like most things, the Flathead evolved and there were a variety of improvements made during its lifespan. In 1933, new aluminum cylinder heads and redesigned pistons resulted in the compression ratio ...

V8s are about as close as you can get to a "default" American engine. The Chevy Small Block V8 is one of the most versatile engines ever produced and it's been swapped into cars and trucks practically ...

The Flathead Ford motor is legendary in many ways, most of them good. But one downfall of this great motor has been cooling. Even in 1932, the first year of the Flathead V-8, Ford was fighting an ...

The Ford Flathead V8 was the first mass-market V8 and the starting point for uniquely American performance. What's interesting about it is exactly what made it possible—simple and cheap to build—is ...

Studebaker went 100% to futuristic overhead valves before American Motors, turns out. Some readers felt that Studebaker kept selling its 170-cubic-inch flathead six well into the 1960s, but 1960 ...