Vehicles with a V8 Flathead engine

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  • Allard History

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    Allard History

    Allard 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 ...

  • Cylinder block

    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

    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 ...

  • Ford Y-block V8 engine (1954-64)

    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

    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 ...