bottom end · FF-0551

What did rod bearings and pistons cost to find for this 1938 Flathead?

Ed turned the crank .020 and .020 and then could not find bearings. A friend named Steve had a set of rod bearings: $150 each, four of them, so $600 for a set. Standard pistons were needed as well, and they found a set.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

rod bearings and pistons

Applicable scope

1938 Ford Flathead V8, 21-stud, 221 cubic inch, as Ed describes it; the same engine as FF-0420 to FF-0431 at an earlier stage