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What do Joe Abbin's books on the supercharged Flathead cover?

Joe says his first book describes his first engine, about 250 horsepower, and gives a formula for building one like it. The second came after he had the engine dynamometer: it covers flow testing of heads and valves, dyno testing and drag strip results, the major components, what porting works, some history, and four customer engines with part numbers and settings. He says the results are documented, and that his dyno partner is Gary McGlasson of McGlasson Racing Engines in Albuquerque.

Expert

Joe Abbin

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expert attributed

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reference books

Applicable scope

Supercharged Ford Flathead V8 with the Abbin-designed blower kit now built by Coppock Performance and Engineering