![]() ![]() Additionally, unlike the Merlin, this engine was designed for high-volume production with a number of castings in its construction. And it was a particularly advanced one, with four valves per cylinder, double overhead camshafts, bucket-style valve followers, and an exhaust-driven turbo-supercharger. Much misinformation surrounds this engine: contrary to the campfire stories, the Ford V12 was not a copy or derivative of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, but an all-new design. The GAA V8 story actually begins with a proposed Ford V12 aircraft engine (above) that was developed in the hectic days leading up to the USA’s entry into World War II. NOTE: All references to "Left" or "Right" side ofĮngine, are if you were sitting in a car.The Ford Motor Company has built nearly every kind of V8 engine we can imagine over the past century, but the biggest was the 1100 CID GAA tank engine of World War II. Intake and exhaust manifolds and related.Block casting (holes, bosses, connections, etc).The differences we are looking to explore are the following: His rebuild photo library will be posted sometime in the future. His help on this page has been invaluable as far as engine data and rebuilding pictures. These will impact your restoration and ability to bolt things up.ĭavid Levey has restored two engines for his Stuart tank, and many of the "rebuild" pictures are of his engines. From the "original" design, to the "final" design of the block, there are major differences. Simple answers are, the blocks and heads are all different and really don't interchange, as thing won't bolt on the block or heads. Subject to change and probably open to interpatation and some guess work. So, this page will be a learning experience on available information. Its all to much to figure out since there is VERY little info on the net, and the manuals were never made to help us figure out what was what. Well Cadillac tank engines, Cadillac car engines. ![]() Well like everything else on this web site, its all about the information, and or the lack of it. ![]()
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