Editing Ford flathead V8 engine (section)

===Lubrication===
Ford products used high [[oil pressure]] for lubrication for the main and rod bearings, as do all modern vehicle combustion engines. This offered a significant performance advantage, as full pressure lubrication allowed for continuous use above 3500&nbsp;rpm and would not starve the rod bearings for oil, which was necessary for high performance applications, such as racing. For this reason, bank robber [[Clyde Barrow]] preferred to steal Fords as getaway vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Letter from Clyde Barrow to Henry Ford Praising the Ford V-8 Car, 1934 |date=10 April 1934 |website=[[The Henry Ford]] |url=https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/281082/}}</ref> It also eliminated a complex oil jet system to feed the rod bearings in the oil pan. As a side benefit to a prospective purchaser of a used vehicle, this also enabled the condition of the connecting rod and main bearings to be determined indirectly by observation of the oil pressure gauge after the vehicle was warmed up, provided that oil of normal viscosity was in use.