- A
flathead engine, also
known as a
sidevalve engine or valve-in-block engine, is an
internal combustion engine with its
poppet valves contained within...
- sits
above the cylinders,
forming the roof of the
combustion chamber. In
sidevalve engines the head is a
simple plate of
metal containing the
spark plugs...
- Ford
Sidevalve is a side
valve (flathead engine) from the
British arm of the Ford
Motor Company,
often also
referred to as the "English
Sidevalve". The...
-
Penta DB was an
engine model produced by AB Pentaverken. The 1929
introduced engine was a side-valve
engine with a cast-iron
block and
seven main bearings...
- were introduced.
These models K, KK, KH, and KHK of 1952 to 1956 had a
sidevalve ('flat head') engine,
whereas the
later XL
Sportster models use an overhead...
- of an
independent trailing-arm design. The
engine was a Ford 1,172 cc
sidevalve from a 1936 van,
tuned to 35 hp. Even
before the car was bodied, it was...
- War
Norton produced almost 100,000 of the
military Model 16 H and Big 4
sidevalve motorcycles. ****ociated
Motor Cycles bought the
company in 1953. It was...
-
Another of his
creations had an OHV 2040 cc engine.
Other Apollos had
sidevalve four-cylinder
engines of up to 3440 cc; some post-1920
models featured...
- head
above the
combustion chamber. This
contrasts with
flathead (or "
sidevalve") engines,
where the
valves were
located below the
combustion chamber...
- the
lower friction providing greater efficiency and
reducing drag. In a
sidevalve engine— a
common design for car
engines until the 1950s— the
valves are...
