by Shawn Skinner
Many people often do not equate auto performance with efficiency. This is often true of many early American performance cars. The first performance engine available to the masses was the Ford Flathead V-8 introduced in 1932. It is often associated with bootlegging and hot rodding, but it was compact and fuel efficient when compared to larger inline six or eight cylinder engines. Road tests were even able to achieve 20mpg fuel economy, quite remarkable for the times.… Read the rest
