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Ford 239 V8 Engine

When Ford started producing its Mercury line of automobiles in 1939 it was decided that a more powerful engine would be needed to set apart Mercury vehicles from Ford. That is why the 239 Ford V8 was put into production. It was basically a copy of the Ford flathead 221 with a larger bore and some extra horses. The Ford 239 was often called the “100 horse” motor for obvious reasons that should be clear to anyone with over a room temperature I.Q. The 239 would keep its “100 horse” status until 1952 when compression was increased and thus horsepower as well. After 1954 the 239 was replaced by the 272 Ford V8 which would be used in the all new Fairlane and station wagon models starting in 1955.

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do you know od anyone who has a flathead and transmission for sale
#1 - donovan - 01/21/2011 - 14:46
When assembling the239 Ford Flathead,consdering their firing order & block configuation which cly do I install #1 piston? fwd on the right side or fwd.on the left side,which is technically # 5 cly. Thank You,Steve
#2 - Steve Mallory - 06/22/2011 - 00:23
Steve Malloy. No1 piston is the front piston on the left side if looking at the engine from the front (waterpumps end). No5 is the other front one. (to your right). So it's 1234 on the left & 5678 on the right. Firing order for the flatie is 15486372
#3 - MickD - 10/15/2011 - 05:22
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Engine Specifications

1939 - 1940 with 1 Barrel Carb
Max Brake Horsepower - 95 @ 3300 rpm
Max Torque - N/A
Stroke - 3.75
Bore - 3.1875
Compression - N/A
Firing Order - 15486372

1941 - 1951 with 1 Barrel Carb
Max Brake Horsepower - 100 @ 3600 rpm
Max Torque - 180 @ 1900 rpm
Stroke - 3.75
Bore - 3.1875
Compression - 6.8
Firing Order - 15486372

1952 - 1953 with 1 Barrel Carb
Max Brake Horsepower - 110 @ 3800 rpm
Max Torque - 185 @ 1500 rpm
Stroke - 3.75
Bore - 3.1875
Compression - 7.2
Firing Order - 15486372

1954 with 1 Barrel Carb
Max Brake Horsepower - 130 @ 4200 rpm
Max Torque - 214 @ 1800 rpm
Stroke - 3.11
Bore - 3.50
Compression - 7.2
Firing Order - 15486372