How Ford's Flathead V8 Engine Works, And Why It Disappeared In 1932 Ford introduced the mass market to V8 engines, sticking a 3.6L flathead V8 producing a terrifying 65 horsepower in the Model 18. The ...

I'm not going to feed you any bunk that old motors are better than the ones they make these days. Side-valve combustion chambers, siamesed ports, 3-main bottom ends, babbitt-poured rods, dip oiling, ...