I think it is fascinating that Ford isolated his team and made them work with outdated equipment. They worked it out, though! Interesting thing about patterns and casting is that antique engine parts are quite difficult to duplicate today. Foundry practice has changed over a century, and special techniques have been lost to the modern pattern maker.
Go back even further on the timeline and check out Cadillacs early 20s overhead valve V8.
ReplyDeleteIIRC, Chevy made a V-8 back in 1917, and it had overhead valves.
ReplyDeleteDidn't last too long, so I guess it was unreliable....
"Block cast in a single piece."
ReplyDeleteThat was the Caddie motor, Merle. It even had electric start. Not sure but I think it was in production "21-'26/27-ish.
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