Vehicles with a V8 Flathead engine
Allard History
ManufacturersAllard Car History Allard Motor Company Limited was an English car manufacturer founded by Sydney Allard which operated from small premises in south London. Car manufacture almost ceased within a decade. It produced approximately 1900 cars before his death in 1966.Before the war, Allard supplied so ...
Allard J2 (1950-1952)
Sports CarsAllard J2 (1950 to 1952) Sydney Allard soon saw the potential of the economically more vibrant – but sports car starved – US market and developed a special competition model to tap it, the J2. The new roadster was a potent combination of a lightweight, hand-formed aluminium body fitted with indepen ...
Cylinder block
Engine Cylinder block A cylinder block is an integrated structure comprising the cylinder(s) of a reciprocating engine and often some or all of their associated surrounding structures (coolant passages, intake and exhaust passages and ports, and crankcase). The term engine block is often used synon ...
Firing order
Engine Firing order The firing order is the sequence of power delivery of each cylinder in a multi-cylinder reciprocating engine. This is achieved by sparking of the spark plugs in a gasoline engine in the correct order, or by the sequence of fuel injection in a Diesel engine. When designing an eng ...
Flathead engine
Flathead engine A flathead engine (aka sidevalve engine, flathead, or flatty) is an internal combustion engine with valves placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder head, as in an overhead valve engine. As the cylinder cross-section has the shape of an upside-down L, ...
Ford Country Squire 1st gen (1950–1951)
Motor CarsFord Country Squire First generation 1950 to 1951 Overview Production 1950–1951 Body and chassis Body style 2-door station wagon Platform 1949 Ford Related Ford Custom Deluxe Powertrain Engine 226 cu in (3.7 L) Flathead I6 239 cu in (3.9 L) Flathead V8 Dimensions Wheelbase 114 in (2,896 mm) The 195 ...
Ford Country Squire 2nd gen (1952–1954)
Motor CarsFord Country Squire Second generation 1952 to 1954 Overview Also called Ford Country Sedan Production 1952–1954 Body and chassis Body style 4-door station wagon Platform 1952 Ford Related Ford Crestline Powertrain Engine 239 cu in (3.9 L) Flathead V8 239 cu in (3.9 L) Y-block V8 Dimensions Wheelbas ...
Ford Y-block V8 engine (1954-64)
Ford Y-block V8 Engine Manufacturer Ford Motor Company Production 1954-1964 Predecessor Flathead V8 Successor Ford Windsor engine Ford 335 Cleveland V8 Configuration Small-block OHV V8 The Y-block engine is a family of overhead valve V8 automobile piston engines from Ford Motor Company. It was intr ...
V8 engine
V8 engine A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft In its simplest form, it is basically two straight ...