I've had many flatheads over the decades, some in stockers, some in hotrods. All of them have been essentially stock apart from carbs and headers, and the one I've built currently is no exception. However, I once had the opportunity to have a squirt in a 39 coupe set up for racing but still street legal. Man, that thing could honk when the revs got high enough, but it was pretty rude in traffic.
Further to this discussion, I guess it doesn't matter how much torque and hp you're putting out, performance is still limited if you're running the flathead trans and rear, especially the trans with it's inherent slow shifting.
This is as much bling as mine's gonna get.... I'm already getting stick from my hotrod mates for having too much chrome...
