Search found 2 matches

by Nickd
Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: 218 Cubic Inch Model T Ford Engine (UPDATE)
Replies: 10
Views: 3797

Re: 218 Cubic Inch Model T Ford Engine (UPDATE)

I forgot to mention Orville Enyeart lived a couple blocks away from me. My dad and I were friends with him through the Long Beach Model T Club.
by Nickd
Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: 218 Cubic Inch Model T Ford Engine (UPDATE)
Replies: 10
Views: 3797

Re: 218 Cubic Inch Model T Ford Engine (UPDATE)

You have a special head gasket because it has big valves. A friend of mine had a flathead motor with 1 3/4" intake valves and he blancher ground the top of the block and the cylinder head, put contact cement between them, put it on, bolted it down and it ran like that without problems for a number o...