Instead of recreating Lincoln's engine, Ford staffed an engineering team to create a new V8 ... Flathead engines are ...

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 ...

The 1949 Ford came standard with a 226-cubic-inch (3.7-liter) inline-six, while a 239-cubic-inch (3.9-liter) V8 was optional. The latter was the already iconic Flathead, which Ford had introduced ...