The Early Ford Flathead and the Worst V8s in History.

[@captainnuggie1831]

I'm surprised by seeing a "worst v8s ever" video that doesn't mention the 5.4 ford Triton engine. but then i listened to the story on the Triumph v8, and realized maybe a spark plug in orbit every once in a while isn't that bad

[@gooderrailfan8967]

the 5.4 is perfectly fine bro😭😭 im sick of mfs saying that the 5.4 2v and 3v are trash just because of spark plugs and cam phasers, if properly maintained they last a long time

[@captainnuggie1831]

@gooderrailfan8967 the 5.4 2vs are decent. Mine had 230k on it. The 3vs are absolutely garbage

[@edim108]

@@gooderrailfan8967 I wouldn't call spark plugs exploding out the threads bc of bad design "perfectly fine". 2V and 4V are fine, but the 3V is not Ford's finest engine...

[@davemckolanis4683]

You Gotta Remember That The Ford Flatty V8 Was Supposed To Be A LOW PRICED CAR Engine For The Masses. CHEAPER To Mass Produce And EasIer To Fix. When 45 mph Was Fast Enough For All The Better Those Mostly DIRT, Windy And Hilly Roads Were At The Time. It Was NOT The High Speed Interstate Highway Era As You Seem To IMAGINE. And Long Distance Travel Was Done BY TRAIN. Aftermarket Products Took Care Of The Vapor Locking And Block Heat Problems. But Dumping More Costly Hemi And Overhead Valve Engines Into Family Cars Didn't Arrive Until The Early 1950's, The SAME Time The Flattie V8 Was Pretty Much Retired. By Then The Roads Were Getting Better Rurally, And Multi Lane Highways Were Needed For Heavier Traffic In Larger Cities...

[@ARockyRock]

insane schizo ranting boomer with inconsistent capitalization spotted

[@gearsnstuff7330]

I would recommend some more research into the flathead V8s, there were quite a few inaccuracies. A lot of your points about them can be applied to ALL engines from the same era, judging one engine by modern standards and calling it terrible is rather foolish. In its day, the Flathead V8 was an incredible step forwards in technology, it was a cheap, monoblock cast V8, which produced, for its day, quite a bit of power. You have to take in the context of the fact that it was competing with inline fours and sixes, putting off anywhere from 20-40 horsepower. Yes, by the end of its run in '53, the flatties were getting a bit long in the tooth, but they served their purpose- they made V8s an affordable, popular engine platform, we wouldn't have V8s as we know them without them. One of the other things they did is open the floodgates for hot roders, who could take a flathead that churned out 100 horsepower when it rolled off the line, and crank out 300-400 horse, which in the '50s was a lot of horsepower for things on the road.

[@RVBJohn]

I love the way this is edited

[@The0utmode]

SBC best engine ever. All the other manufactures have been trying to make copies of it that where never as good. Name me another push rod small block V8 that was as good as the SBC. Ford and Dodge were too busy trying to run coolant through there timing covers. lol

[@SeeBasssss]

sad but true

[@Buckturrible]

Right so Chrysler copied the sbc in the early fifties? Chrysler built the early Hemi, designed some simpler heads toward the end of the fifties to put on that same block (the A block), and then lightened it a few years later giving us the “LA” block. Not everyone is into “paint by numbers” hotroding, and they want something other than the ubiquitous sbc. I certainly don’t think the sbc is a bad engine, but if anyone else’s engine had the aftermarket support the sbc has, the playing field would be even.

[@The0utmode]

@@Buckturrible Still not as simple as a SBC.

[@shayII]

hey man I think I'm going to subscribe 👍

[@SeeBasssss]

I will cry tears of joy on the altar for you tonight

[@jacobhoke581]

I could watch an entire series about this

[@yaboiminecraff]

We must've got lucky with our northstars we loved them only had the common water pump problem that we would had to replace and that was it

[@Gigaveld]

good video!

[@KllStcy]

Next time you wanna call your cars engine a pos just remember an engine is an amalgamation of hundreds of parts that all have to move in perfect timing, and synchronization, with optimal levels of lubrication, and temperature control. While having tens of thousands of explotions happening inside it every minute. As it spins at thousands of revolutions for many hours at a time. An oil leak here and there, or sensors going out is nothing. Engines are really easy to mess up, really hard to get right

[@RVBJohn]

It doesn't have to be perfect your timing and shit can get really sloppy before it stops working

[@turdledive927]

Man, theres so much more to building and engine than what youtube peeps say.

[@biggiemac1997]

great video with good info. if you make a part two you should cover the ford 6.0 and 6.4 diesels (if they count) surely ford would use the right amount of fucking head bolts on an engine with 16+ to 1 compression AND boost RIGHT?????

[@Razer-X3D]

Mine is going to be the worst V8 bro its gonna explode the second i start it

[@caboose6411]

I see a nightrunners pfp

[@Makumph]

Do the best v8