Posted by wildcat445 on December 02, 2018 at 07:32:27 from (98.177.218.92):
In Reply to: Flatheads Forever posted by Dean on December 01, 2018 at 16:12:44:
Hudson engines used a high-nickel block that was long-lived, but the engines tended to use oil if you drove them easy. The rings would not seat, particularly if you used chrome rings. I've been told that Hudsons in Nascar used so much oil, they had one-gallon oil containers set up to use in pit stops. The old saying "Fill it up with oil and check the gas" is said to have come from Hudson's racing days. They would run like hell until the oil pressure started dropping, them come in for a pit stop.
Remember the song "Hot Rod Lincoln?" The 336 cid Lincoln/Ford truck engine was the hot setup if you wanted a "flattie". I knew a guy in school that had one in a '53 Ford. He had a 3/4 cam and eight Windfield 97's on it. It had three-on-the-tree and overdrive. It was pretty much as old roach car, but it ran like a scalded dog.
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