The downside was, as Flathead Engineering's Charlie Clark puts ... or even one or two GMC 71-series blowers. Fabled Stromberg 97 carbs are back, but you can also upgrade to modern Holley four ...

That would be 1948, when Barney Navarro figured out how to bolt a WWII-surplus GMC 3-71 blower to a flathead V-8. After that, hot-rodders started using 3-71, 4-71, and 6-71 blowers to get more ...

That’s why the intercooler sits a little cockeyed above the blower. So many modifications were made for this Flathead to run the Ardun heads and make this sort of power. It has modern main seals ...

Flathead Fords were a way of life to him ... longer 4-inch stroke. “I wanted to put a blower on it,” Mardis said. Add to the Roadrunner supercharger a set of finned Edelbrock high compression ...