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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:30 PM
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A flathead for my '47

I am lookng at removing the 350 out of my '47 1/2 ton and puting a flathead in. I have seen several for sale but have no idea of what model flathead I should use or what auto trany would work best with it. I looked at an 8BA and am not concerned with putting an engine that was originaly avalible in this truck but I use my truck as a driver and still need to tow the boat to the lake (that's how I sold my wife on this truck). Any information or sorces whare I can do some research would be great.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 05:17 PM
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Take a look down below in the Flathead Forum, you'll probably get some good recommendations.

That said, you may not be happy with the towing performance due to the 100+Cubic inch loss.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 05:56 PM
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I am looking at pulling the v-8 flathead out of mine and installing a 302, C4 that mean i will have a motor and tranny
 
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 09:12 AM
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What flathead and trany are you removing?
 
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 08:27 PM
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Tottspop, for towing you may want to think about putting on front disc brakes to help in the stopping department.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 09:20 PM
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The V8 Flathead and 3 speed tranny in my 47 1/2 ton.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 09:34 AM
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The brake project is currently being acomplished. I am having a bit of fun fabricating the remote resovor and brackets for the power master cylender I am putting under the floor board. I had a problem of paying over $400 for one I found for this application. The previous thread I had about the brakes saved me alot of time in my design of this system and hopefuly keep me away from some mistakes.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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Tottspop, sounds like you have it covered. I'm going to start disc installation myself in the next couple days.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 09:04 PM
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Tottspop, sounds like you have it covered. I'm going to start disc installation myself in the next couple days.
Check out www.bonusbuilt.com look under brake upgrades there is some good information there. Also while you are there look at the center section on the home page. Look at the pictures under "how to flip an F1 and walk away from it".
 
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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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how did we go from looking for a flathead to brakes
 
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 12:54 AM
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Probably because Tottspop said he was going to tow his boat and trailer to the lake.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 12:58 PM
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Don't we need to move before we stop????
 
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by KennethKvittum
Don't we need to move before we stop????
All depends on how you look at it.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 05:39 PM
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I thought Totspop was looking for a flathead motor
 
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 08:45 PM
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Talking

Memo to Ken...stay off the 48-60 forum, topics always veer...you may blow an artery

Lighten up some my friend, some of the best information is contained in posts that do not stay on topic.
 
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