Speedster Flathead on the Dyno

Assembly complete, now for some numbers
After completing reassembly of the flathead, we had Allied Engine check the Speedster’s powerplant on their dynamometer. Not that we thought it would blow up or anything, but we wanted it running like a pocket watch while we had the chance to play with it out of the chassis.

Some PVC pipe […]

Hemmings Speedster receives buttons

With our new-found horsepower and engine torque we anticipate on our engine rebuild, we looked into changing the clutch to a ceramic button-type disc. The reliability of ceramic facing over the standard friction material is obvious. Ceramic is a much tougher substance and will far outlast  a conventional clutch facing.
With the harder compound however comes […]

Hemmings Speedster front brake changeover

While we had the engine out being rebuilt this winter, we also decided to change the original front brake set-up to a more modern self-energizing style.
Thanks to some information from an old American Rodder article we found online at the Flathead V8 website www.flatheadv8.org we decided to go with 1948-’52 F1 pickup front brakes. Most […]