Since the valve seats on a flathead are part of the engine block and not the cylinder head, the repair is trickier, and the consequences are much higher. Luckily, an experienced machine shop has ...

or any Flathead-design engine, is the absence of tall cylinder heads on top of the engine block. The combustion chamber is within the block itself, and the intake and exhaust valves sit on either ...

While the Small Block Chevy may be the most tunable and the Chrysler HEMI the most powerful, Ford’s Flathead V8 engine has been around for nearly a century and is the grandfather of every V8 ...