The Lincolns and larger Ford trucks from 49-53 (not quite sure the total years on the trucks though) had a 337 Flatty V-8. Lincoln also had V-12 Flatties, but I am not sure what the CID was? It may have been based off of the smaller Ford flatty so the CID may have been lower? From what I have read I think they were in the older Zephyr? (Again, not quite sure about the Zephyr thing, but I am sure of the Lincoln 337 Flatty as I have 2 of them! :thumbup: )
I saw a Zephyr ('40) in Chickasha, OK in the scrap yard. It was the owners and he kept it inside. The engine looked about the size of 40 Ford flathead with two put together. It was sure a beautiful car.
As far as I understand the Lincoln V12's were either a 267 or a 414, this is what Biggarmike told me anyway as he's a Zephyr guy. The 414's are very rare though and worth a fortune. Parts aren't available and have to be fabricated from scratch.
If KULTULZ is lurkin around out there, he could probably set us straight on the V12 flatty. The 337 parts aren't easy to come by either. You gotta pay an arm and a leg for 'em too. And one place that I deal with, in addition to the high prices, you have to deal with a bunch of jackweeds that give you jerky attitude and constantly screw up your order. Good work ethics, professional attitude and craftsmanship are a rare bird these days! I guess this is a rant for another post though! :smash:
I don't know what the biggest is, I think there were some HUGE L-head marine engines.
I got interested and looked around a little though. (goofing off and waiting for the inspector to come and check some house-work this morning.).
The 1930 Cadillac V16 was 452 Cu. In. I didn't know that but I found it on Wikipedia. (Article)
There MAY have been an 8 liter Hispano-Suiza but I couldn't find out for sure what kind of heads it had.
The largest displacement ford V8 that I found was the '53 Merc at 255 CI.
My first car was a 1938 Ford with a 48 merc 59AB flathead. 239 Cu In.
It was really pumped, Offy heads, Wico dual magneto, 3 strombergs, and I could almost keep up with a '55 chev. LOL!
I don't think this is exactly what you were refering to but its BIG none the less, interesting , http://bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/ I hope this will work Bill
acctually i have the same question, i jusr bought two flathead cadillac engines for future projects and the bore is 3.500 and the stoke is roughly 4.25 ( roughly cause i just opened the engine up as it sitts on my garage floor as it JUST arived today i beleive its a 331 ?? correct me if im wrong i read that some where
Chris
oh and anyone with 1936 - 48 cadillac flat head parts give call at !780 486 7404 thank you greatly appreciated
Here is a little V12, (267") The big Lincoln L and K models are the ultra expensive ones, known as the "knife and fork" engines because of their odd connecting rod configuration.
Some military vehicles also used Ford V8, Chrysler flat-6, Packard flat-8, everybody got into the act. It depended on the vehicle itself and who supplied it.
We used to have a military surplus tandem axle 10ton International truck that I believe was a forty. Did a search but couldn't find one like it and any pictures have long since been lost. Anyway, as memory serves the v8 flat had a displacement of 540 ci and redlined at 1800 rpm. I drove it once when I was about 12 or 13. Motor went away shortly after and it was retired to the trees. Last saw it in the 60s. Now sits on the bottom of Lake Sharpe along with a couple 40 fords and a few A's .
I don't know which tanks, but I know for a fact that one of them used a large radial exactly the same as the B-17 bomber. I know this because one of my buddies has one in his yard!
The motor had a different crank, other than that most all parts interchange.
I have seen Ford Flatheads at over 300cid, but a 3/8x3/8 is "only" 296ci and about as big as you would ever want to go and expect it to 'live another day' (hmmm, that sounds almost good enough for a movie title )
In high school, I dated a girl whose father had a Ford flathead powered USAC sprint car. I remember the motor was just a little over 300 inches, but can't remember specifically. Had Hilborn injection on it. Changed to a 220 Offy and went waaaaayyyyyy faster.
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