Introduced by Henry Ford in March 1932, this was the worlds' first mass-produced V-8, the legendary 'Flathead'. With two banks of four cylinders set at 60° apart and a capacity of 3,622cc, it ...

The era’s poor-quality fuel encouraged that even further. If you want an undersquare engine to have a half-decent ability to rev, you need to make it as smooth and as well-balanced as possible – which ...