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Tech, I would have to agree that I love to see something different. I think it would be fun to build something the younger guys could not identify, like the old MoPar polysphere engines, then watch them scratch their heads, trying to figure it out. :-)

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Tech, I would have to agree that I love to see something different. I think it would be fun to build something the younger guys could not identify, like the old MoPar polysphere engines, then watch them scratch their heads, trying to figure it out. :-)

How about a straight 8. Watch them younger guys scratch their heads trying to figure out how you got them two extra cylinder on there.

While flatheads are cool little motors (except temperaturewise ), I started in this hobby just as they were starting to fall from popularity. We were shoving Olds and Caddy engines into every engine bay where a flatmotor previously resided. The reason.......OHV engines were just more efficient.

I like seeing a rod powered by a well dressed flattie, and still think they are one of the prettiest engines when done right, but I will probably never own one. I like to log tons of miles on my cars, and I don't want to get 500 miles from home and need some part that I can't pickup at Autozone or NAPA.

But, if you are into the nostalgia thing, and a flathead is what you really want, go for it. The price of admission will be high, especially if you want to create a reasonably well put together version, but nothing in this hobby is cheap anyway.

Don

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

Tech, the younger guys could not identify, like the old MoPar polysphere engines, then watch them scratch their heads, trying to figure it out. :-)

friend has an old poly 318 in his polara and wants to stroke it, and has been reading about any snippet of the motors he can find.