Rare 1946-1948 Dixon Engine

[@jeromebreeding3302]

That is one exotic overhead flat-head conversion I've never heard of. Thanks for presenting it to enthusiasts !

[@chehystpewpur4754]

actually enjoyed this video. here for the motor but the narrator was actually a pleasant surprise. she sounds like she actually knows what shes talking about and pronounces the parts better than most "car guys" i know. respect

[@chehystpewpur4754]

@Kendrick Taylor glad to hear honestly not gonna lie

[@joshjablonicky171]

Been great to see the internal workings of the engine or maybe some kind of demonstration would have been great.

[@TheMudbrooker]

Disappointing to see rare and unusual heads and then not be shown how they work.

[@joealbert7773]

Would have liked to have seen some internal shots of the heads.

[@Rooster1508]

Very nice presentation. People who think and build like this are what makes America Great.

[@tonyschiffiler4816]

I would like to see what is under the valve covers, very cool engine.

[@ntahater]

?

[@1mikewalsh]

Right!

[@RichieCat4223]

Why didn't you show the internals ?

[@EngineBuilder]

Unfortunately, what is shown was all H&H Flatheads shared with us.

[@nunyaf-nbizness]

Agree with the Mudbrooker. Like having frosting with no cake.

[@robert23497]

It looks awesome. I've definitely never seen one. Impressive power numbers considering the time period. Thanks for the cool video.

[@geoffmooregm]

Anything to get the exhaust out of the block is a huge improvement to performance and increase to reliability.

[@barryobler9491]

Hope my buddy Jim is still over there doing the machine work, he did lots of my work when he was working at Blairs!

[@pennyhelga3628]

I thought Ardun heads were the only overhead valve heads . Pretty cool to see .

[@Mercmad]

If you ever get the opportunity to read R&C magazines articles from decades about Ardun Conversions , you will see that there were quite a few different OHV heads around ,even a set of overhead cam heads by C T automotive. Ed Iskendarian had a set of OHV heads on his T rod that he built as a young man. A lot of these conversions were for Trucks ,to provide power for Engines expected to deliver power from 239 Cu Inch.

[@johnkeathley1612]

Outstanding

[@76629online]

Sounded like it had a big vacuum leak there at the end.

[@Hitman-ds1ei]

Always cool to see some thing different

[@vehdynam]

Nice ! and I agree with comment below.

[@hyperluminalreality1]

Looks like the fan belt hit the spark plug tube at 4:22.

[@Greaseland]

They didn't even show any of the guts.This really was just a bunch of ads.

[@jamesgeorge6551]

Zephyr V12 heads next, please!

[@samstewart4807]

wow 300 cubic inches- 120 hp- what more could we want?

[@jeromebreeding3302]

What ? It was stated at 260 hp. not 120hp.

[@samstewart4807]

@@jeromebreeding3302 ok

[@joeschlotthauer840]

What were the advantages, disadvantages, and why wasn't it successful?

[@azlandpilotcar4450]

This is great, and I'd like to see more on the tech for these heads, but you don't have a lot of credibility when you omit to mention that H&H sells them, and has the ability to make more. There's only a few in existence because they haven't been able to create a market for them - a shame since there's obviously a lot of potential for hot rods as well as modern levels of power from the old flathead blocks.

[@EngineBuilder]

The video does mention Navarro Racing Equipment and that they make heads and intakes in-house.

[@matsumoto9244]

Museum Of American Speed has a Dixon Engine.

[@matsumoto9244]

The Museum Of American Speed actually has a huge display of flathead Ford engines, heads, intakes, etc..

[@oldschoolmotorsickle]

Must be a so-called F-head design, exhaust over intake in this case. It’s a dead end design worth at most about ten percent over a similar displacement flathead.

[@donziperk]

Really disappointed in this video. No internal shots no description of how heads work.

[@dionrau5580]

That's cool, I'd like to see something done with the caddilac 4.9?

[@jdrissel]

I had a 429 built by Precision in Irving TX back in 85. I had it in a 67 Fleetwood. It would catch about a second and a half of scratch at 85 when it shifted to third, and that's in a 5000lb car with a locker and good tires... It ripped...

[@xmo552]

429 yes but he said 4.9😩👎

[@a.k.a.A.E.]

This is a ford flathead

[@a.k.a.A.E.]

The caddy was a bigger one ! A 355 in 1929 to 1938

[@davidgretlein9384]

Sweet!

[@benterbieten9540]

Maybe I missed it, what's the displacement on that cool engine?

[@oldschool1993]

Click bait infomercial

[@lonnyself3920]

old upside-down sprint car engine off the flathead , but this is cool

[@sandasturner9529]

YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION KZbin 👀

[@terrycarter8929]

Let's see what is different from a normal Flat head!

[@1mikewalsh]

But no backwards flow motor....yes it's been done and worked well!

[@toolmanthetim7042]

honda built F1 engines that exhausted through the valley

[@stevenslater2669]

W

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

skip first two minutes

[@chrishenniker5944]

Why didn’t Ford buy loads of Dixon heads, etc, and put them on their flatheads as standard?

[@newking70]

Not cost effective.

[@a.k.a.A.E.]

this is an other version from the ardun flathead hemi !

[@godsowndrunk1118]

Ed Iskenderian's 27 Model T had a 'Maxi' truck conversion F type head he modified to make 13;1 compression back in the early 40's......as far as I know, both he, and the car are still living.... On a side note....Dave Tatom's cam grinds over at Schneider's, make much more power than the Isky's....

[@jimbos3421]

Why don’t you at least show a picture of the dude, instead of a stupid voice print, whats the deal with that!

[@EngineBuilder]

We weren't given a photo of Mike. When we do get images of the builders, we try to use them.

[@tomcline5631]

Kind of disappointing motor wise,but she's a doll.

[@lieugebo805]

I know people love these things but they don't make any power I just don't see any reason to have one unless it's bone stock and in an original car

[@Flies2FLL]

Ok, that engine is period correct. So is the SOHC 286 cubic inch M28 engine on the Porsche 928. What's the point? This engine design is TERRIBLE and it has only museum properties.

[@simonlane1277]

Flatheads are even more "terrible" but that doesn't stop millions of hot rodders and restorers enjoying them.

[@normpeterson7746]

Dare to be different. It either makes sense without any explanation at all or no amount of explanation would ever be enough.

[@Flies2FLL]

@@normpeterson7746 Good point.