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Subject: Re: More Midget racing history Author: Harry [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:46:30 10/07/12 Sun In reply to: Boyd Percy 's message, "Re: More Midget racing history" on 00:09:53 09/29/12 Sat >>After reading today's chapter, I thought I'd try to >>find a Ford 60 V-8 for sale, out of curiosity. >>Instead I found a pretty good history of Midget racing >>from the 30s through the 60s. >> >>href="http://alblixtracinghistory.typepad.com/al_blixt >_ >>auto_racing_hist/2010/03/v860-the-little-engine-that-c >o >>uld.html">http://alblixtracinghistory.typepad.com/al_b >l >>ixt_auto_racing_hist/2010/03/v860-the-little-engine-th >a >>t-could.html > > >Thanks for posting the link to that interesting web >site. I got a kick of the author's last name, Blixt. >Maybe Wes based his character, Frank Blixter, on that >person's father. All the Ford flatheads have a tendency to overheat. The waterpumps pull water from the low side of the block and push it to the radiator. This is the opposite of a modern engine, and contributes to poor coolant flow. The original steel head water passages are small as well. Aluminum heads improve the heat transfer considerably. The distributor is in a bad place as well, and tends to get wet. The original coils are not too reliable either. All that said, the flathead is an excellent engine for it's time. Very compact and simple. The 100hp and 110hp versions had some of the bugs worked out of them The 60hp's were never as popular as the 85hp version, which was a good bit bigger. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]