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Originally Posted by some_other_dave
But it keeps the profile of the engine nice and low, which is excellent for drag reduction when you have a very narrow vehicle.
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That's an excellent point. Well, actually, when it comes to boxer engines, a flathead is gonna be a little taller, though it would still be narrower enough to have an overall smaller physical volume, while an inline would be slightly wider and lower. In a V engine, the compromise between height and width seems to be of a lesser extent, in spite of the Ford flathead V8 being a tea kettle due to its exhaust running through the block.