Thread: What HP would you guess???

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Right on Don , I remember the Ford mercury Flathead put out 98 HP in stock form, so adding all the go fast goodies in those days gave you about an extra 25 to 40 HP. And in the light roadsters of those days you really feel that. You would probably know. That a lot of us only saw the outside of the cars, we very rarely saw iny interior shots because there was no interior !!!! Just a couple of seats, the dash and maybe some material to cover the inside of the doors. You hardly ever saw things like rag tops on roadsters. But what the heck everybody still had a real lot of fun. It was real hands on experience then.

Better get back on line with the thread, motor number to seems to show the best traditional supercharged flathead look because it follows a theme of using parts commonly available in that era, I am noting things like carbs, GMC Blower, Offy heads and a gilmer drive. What tends to put me off motor number 3 is there is a lot of modern stuff that seems to clash with the flathead look.
My pick on motor number 2 is 4 lb's boost and 165 HP tops for a long lasting street motor.