Running some weight numbers.
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Laughing Gas
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Running some weight numbers.
I have searched all over the Net and I can't find the weight of a 48 Flathead Six. I am doing some number chrunching for my Street Rod built 48 F1 and have everything but the weight of the six that came in the pickup.
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48,
I thought I remembered seeing that on Dave Williams site
http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/library/library.htm
an excellent tech site with a lean toward ford stuff... but lots of other goodies too...
best I could do was a flathead v-8 ('53 239) at 550#s... just use that weight and subtract 2 cylinders
sorry...
later
John
I thought I remembered seeing that on Dave Williams site
http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/library/library.htm
an excellent tech site with a lean toward ford stuff... but lots of other goodies too...
best I could do was a flathead v-8 ('53 239) at 550#s... just use that weight and subtract 2 cylinders
sorry...
later
John
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Laughing Gas
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Thanks for the help but still no luck. I am trying to do a match up as close the torque max. for my rear suspension, engine and choice of transmission. I know that the original F1 has a curb weight of 3,120 Lbs. Just can't find the weight of the original 6. I am replacing the 6 with a stroked 351M. This weight is 575 Lbs.
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According to the chart on the page John listed a flathead V-8 weighs 569 pounds.
In the book "Standard catalog of Light-Duty Ford Trucks, 1905-2002",
the difference between a '48 -50 F-1 chassis with a six and one with a V-8 is 40 pounds. Making the flat six about 530 pounds.
One interesting note, according to this book, while the weight differences between the 6 & 8 cylinder trucks stayed the same, the overall weights between the years changed. I wonder what was added to increase the weight.
In the book "Standard catalog of Light-Duty Ford Trucks, 1905-2002",
the difference between a '48 -50 F-1 chassis with a six and one with a V-8 is 40 pounds. Making the flat six about 530 pounds.
One interesting note, according to this book, while the weight differences between the 6 & 8 cylinder trucks stayed the same, the overall weights between the years changed. I wonder what was added to increase the weight.
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