I had a shop teacher in my HS days (early '90s) that I still talk to that was a dyed in the wool Ford flathead, A&T guy that learned from his dad. His daily driver was a Ford GPW (Jeep) with a warmed up 239" 21 stud flathead hooked to a Saginaw 5spd that I helped him machine an adaptor for in his home shop. It's STILL his main transportation! These are the guys like the fella in the video that need to be chronicled. Because their knowledge goes with them when they pass, then it's back to square one, lol. Thanks to my shop teacher, Pantelis "Peabrain" Safarian for teaching me the basics and not so basics that led to a life of time misspent getting greasy, angry, discombobulated, dumbfounded and having fun doing so. And I even learned a few Greek curse words along the way, lol.

We make all kinds of oddball custom billet rods at Crower Cams in San Diego CA, if you need a set made.

This guy is what hot rodding is about. So much to learn.

if you can't learn from this man you never will. I can listen to him all day 👍

This guy illustrates how America is so special....we are tinkers!... remember....Henry was a tinker.😂

Ed Tech 💪🏻😎👍🏻thanks

I hope we get to hear it run. Thanks.

So he 9" centre is going into the T to hold all that stroker power!! I would be making a pressurised oil system

LOL "that's number 18" LOL love it. someone should give him a Willy's Jeep flathead to hop up. there is a lot of things to do to that engine to pump it up.

I've built hundreds of circle track and racing engines and I've been very successful thankfully but I'll never be as good as Ed. These guys grew up in an era were they machined their own parts and tools. There wasn't near as many aftermarket parts back in the day. It's so cool to watch him work, He's as sharp as a tack.

Cool old-school work. Would've used nylon buttons to locate piston pins though. Pin would be a true floater.

Pure genius!

Wow... I could pick this gentleman's brain for days, You don't find people with his skill set anymore. He could make an elaphant fly with a roll of ducktape and some shrubbery !

This man is a OG master record all you can because knowledge of this caliber dies with his generation. Respect on athe next level

This man’s forgot more than I’ve learned

Just stumbled across your channel, this being my 3rd video. All I can say is wow, and thanks.

Such a wealth of knowledge!

Back in the early 90's i was lightly involved in a stroker 400 mopar. From memory , it used 440 crank, 428 ford pistons and bbc rods. There was alot of side clearance on the rids and that worried me a bit but it worked. Somewhere around 470ci. Back then we made power, now you buy it.

3.810 bore x 4.250 stroke = 193.82 cubic inches.

It would be nice if you could have used posi- locks and/or Teflon buttons on the wrist pins, I used them on my sbc builds when using floating rods.

You can put a modern spark system on it useing crank position censor style ignition them turbo turner guys can get you going

I thought he was going to jump through the camera when he was talking and jerking his head up lol jk great video these gentlemen are very skilled wish I had half the knowledge these guys have heck they probably forgotten more than I know now lol thanks for sharing

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THST RUNNING ED YOUNG MAN

Awesome technique !!!

The rods are going to hit the oil pan on the sides too. Heat the area with a torch and knock a lump outward to provide clearance. This is required for a stock Model A crank to T conversion.

Oid dudes rule young dudes drool❤

I have a Model A which I put 1,500 miles a year on it. I try to keep it as stock as possible so when it breaks I can get repair parts without modifying them. “Hello NAPA? I need a connecting rod…”

Amazing

I'd love to see it run!

0:32 Some people talk with their hands, this man talks with his chin and you better listen up because he’s talking fact’s

That man was probably born with a can do attitude. First thing some people do is start thinking of the reasons that they can't do something, I've never understood that way of thinking. It's unproductive.

Chevy had dipper rods through 1953, not'"48 or '49".

Love seeing different builds. But the wrist pen is supposed to rotate in the rod not the pistons with a floating rod and wrist pen set up and when you are letting it float on the rod and piston you should have a c- clip in the pistons so the wrist pen doesn't come out to far and make contact with the cylinder wall. I have seen similar setups with the wrist pins press fit into the piston or the rod but normally not both.. why does it matter well the aluminum pistons if you are spinning the wrist pen because you have it locked to the rod the aluminum piston is going to wear way more than if it is spinning in the rod end since it has a bearing or bushing of some sort of is hardened and is harder and will wear less over time compared to the aluminum pistons.. the best set up in my opinion is float the wrist pen in the rod and not the piston. I'm not saying that it should be a press fit into the piston..it should be able to be put in by hand and then cut a Grove for c-clips in the pistons... not saying what you have done won't work just a different way and like you said it's only turning 2000rpm 's

Use a Magneto

GOOD GOD thats a lot of work .., I think an external oil pump would be better, even a simple plunger pump and external lines wouldn't be as much 'trouble' Pete Aardema and Kevin Braun ... THERE are out of the box thinkers

I respect my elders but i feel like im watching those guys from Pakistan I thought when you utilize parts from newer models one takes advantage of things learned over history not to mention when better is also easier its pretty foolish not to follow that path ignition gee lets complicate things by adding a distributor hmm maybe 60 year old outboard motor components or maybe some briggs and stratton pieces or keeping with the automotive theme 2 gm hei modules 2 double lead motorcycle coils and a couple of ford pickup coils file a few strategically located slots in whatever ya got thats round and spins with the crank and voila your own solid state ign

Tell me please, do you or have you "Fly cut" the pistons for valve clearance and if so what were the circumstances?

I'm wondering if that crank would fit in my 2N.

He was going to use a VW oil pump? Was it a crankshaft mounted oil pump on the front? Oh interesting idea. I have not seen that done before

Are the rods balanced or do they need be scents it’s not a high rev motor

Engineering mixed with farmacology

LOL shoulda just dropped a 300 inch ford six in it....lot less trouble and a lot more power......

WELDED rods?? I wouldnt trust those in a lawnmower!

Why go to all this trouble?? You cant just put a Model A engine into a T??

This makes almost no sense. The only way to get power from this engines is to install Frontenac heads or others like Rajo etc. Sidevalves are shitvalves!