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Although pretty cheese it still might help some of our members and show them how to replace a starter bendix on their motor. I had a pan that was bent and after getting my engine up and running the bendix gear would shatter every few weeks. I didn’t know at the time it was the […]

“Selecting a Good Block” When buying a flathead from a private party, there are a few things to be leery of long before you put a mike in the bore or get it Magna-Fluxed. An engine that is still in a car that has obviously been sitting out behind the barn for a long time […]

Here’s another flat head Ford block going through the thermal cleaning process at Costa Mesa R&D Automotive Machine

Watch as John Edwards @ Costa Mesa R&D Automotive Machine Shop machines a flathead Ford V-8 for sleeves, then resurfaces the block, and then cuts a power slot into the deck for enhanced air flow and performance.

Here is the second part of the Flathead V8 assembly, the bottom end and the heads.